Harrow Planning will step in and serve an Enforcement Notice for a temporary canopy.
The property owners in a previous article ‘extended’ their house by 7.1m with a timber framed canopy roof with timber supports.
They made an appeal and the Planning Inspectorate came on board. However, they are still required to
-Demolish the Unauthorized Development
-Remove all resultant materials from the land.
The whole enforcement action came out of a complaint from a neighbour. The owner was advised either to apply for retrospective planning permission or demolish the unauthorized canopy.
It is possible to apply for planning permission retrospectively, but the Council will cite ‘generally acceptable’ rules of thumb when determining the application, such as a 3m maximum rear extension.
Any such development – even if it is an open canopy and a temporary structure – still falls under development control and needs planning approval.
