R v Chichester Justices and another ex parte Chichester DC
Language: English Series: Property and Compensation Reports ; (1990) 60 PCR 342-348(7)Publication details: 1990Subject(s): Summary: QBD 30 January 1990. The council (C) issued an enforcement notice against the second respondent (K) requiring demolition of a two-storey building erected on his farm without consent. While an appeal to the SoS was pending K built a single- storey extension to this building. C issued a second enforcement notice requiring its demolition as well. K appealed and this succeeded. The notices were varied to require demolition of the first floor and external staircase of the original building and the balcony and roof of the extension. K did not comply with these notices but submitted two planning applications to the local authority. His application for a single storey feed store and conversion of existing external staircases to WCs and offices was granted. The second application to convert the building to a dwelling failed. C instituted proceedings for failure to comply with the enforcement notices and K elected for trial by jury. The magistrates refused to commit for trial; there was no cas| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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QBD 30 January 1990. The council (C) issued an enforcement notice against the second respondent (K) requiring demolition of a two-storey building erected on his farm without consent. While an appeal to the SoS was pending K built a single- storey extension to this building. C issued a second enforcement notice requiring its demolition as well. K appealed and this succeeded. The notices were varied to require demolition of the first floor and external staircase of the original building and the balcony and roof of the extension. K did not comply with these notices but submitted two planning applications to the local authority. His application for a single storey feed store and conversion of existing external staircases to WCs and offices was granted. The second application to convert the building to a dwelling failed. C instituted proceedings for failure to comply with the enforcement notices and K elected for trial by jury. The magistrates refused to commit for trial; there was no cas