Agenda item

9.1

The Director of Regeneration and Development Services submitted a report on his investigation into a breach of planning control, in respect of the siting of an unauthorised metal container at 2A Stanley Road, Burncross.  The report explained that the container was originally sited on adjacent land at the corner of Hollow Gate which was also owned by the occupier of 2A Stanley Road.  An enforcement notice was served to remove the container and an agreement was reached in 2012 with officers, to temporarily site the container at the front of 2A Stanley Road, with a view to a planning application being submitted for a permanent brick built garage to replace the container.  It was stated that the container had now been in position in excess of three years and a planning application for a garage on land at 2A Stanley Road had not been submitted.

9.2

An assessment of the breach of planning control considered that the metal container was contrary to Policy CS74 of the Core Strategy and policies H14 and BE5 of the Unitary Development Plan.

9.3

RESOLVED: That (a) the Director of Regeneration and Development Services or Head of Planning be authorised to take any appropriate action including, if necessary, enforcement action and the institution of legal proceedings to secure the removal of the unauthorised metal container at 2A Stanley Road, Burncross; and

(b) the Head of Planning, in liaison with a Co-Chair of the Committee, be authorised to vary the action in order to achieve the objectives hereby confirmed, including taking action to resolve any associated breaches of planning control.