Agenda item

10.1

The Director of Regeneration and Development Services submitted a report on his investigation into a complaint received concerning a breach of planning control in respect of the unauthorised extension of a rear garden curtilage, at 43 Moorthorpe Rise, into a green link corridor protected by a planning condition.  The report stated that the green link corridor aided the flow of a watercourse and allowed wildlife to pass through the housing estate.  It was explained that the curtilage had been extended by approximately 3 metres down its entire length into the corridor and right up to the edge of the watercourse, with a raised decking area erected and patio furniture provided.  A letter had been sent requiring the green link corridor to be reinstated, but the owner had failed to comply with this request.

10.2

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 curtilage extension and the reinstatement of the means of enclosure at 43 Moorthorpe Rise; 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.

(NOTE:  Councillor David Baker left the room and re-entered the meeting during consideration of the aforementioned report and did not speak and vote thereon on the grounds that he had not been present for the whole of the item.)