Action on station alleyway fencing
July 16, 2010 Iain Roberts 2 Comments

Pam King and I have been working for some time to improve the condition of the alleyway running from Gatley station past Brentwood Drive down to Gatley Road.

First we had fence panels leaning out dangerously – which the Council quickly removed when we let them know (the panels aren’t owned by the Council).

Since then there have been the resulting gaps in the fence and rubbish dumped onto the property behind the fence – not great!

Pam and I have been pursuing a couple of different routes to get the landowner to resolve the situation, via planning enforcement and the area conditions officer.

I’m glad to say that, after inspecting the site, the Council’s Planning Enforcement team have issued the owner of Summerfield Court with a notice to sort out the problem by 31st August:

1. Remove all litter and waste items deposited on the land;
2. Remove from the land all broken fence panels and
3. Replace the broken fence panels with those of a match in height of the existing fence panels.

environment, planning

2 Comments

1
Les Leckie
Monday 19 July 2010 - 5:41 pm

I hope you will keep us informed of progress, Iain. I, for one, would like to know where this kind of council tax funded action leads.

2
iainroberts
Monday 19 July 2010 - 5:51 pm

The principle is that the land owner has to pay to clear up the land (though obviouly the Council’s enforcement team is taxpayer-funded).

There are problems when landowners refuse to act. The Council can do it, then charge the landowner, but may need to go through the courts to get the money and even then success isn’t guaranteed.



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