{"id":37951,"date":"2023-10-27T16:57:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37951"},"modified":"2023-10-27T16:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:57:22","slug":"developer-made-to-pay-6700-by-council-after-building-unlawful-road-to-nowhere-in-green-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37951","title":{"rendered":"Developer made to pay \u00a36,700 by Council after building unlawful \u2018road to nowhere\u2019 in green belt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A property developer has been ordered to pay more than \u00a36,700 by South Staffordshire Council after building \u2018a road to nowhere\u2019 on open green belt land in South Staffordshire.<\/h3>\n
image: South Staffordshire Council<\/em><\/h6>\n

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\u2026 shows South Staffordshire Council will not tolerate unlawful development or breaches of planning control\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

South Staffordshire Council writes:<\/p>\n

The road, built by Lawnswood Homes Ltd, is situated on land off Springhill Lane, Lower Penn.<\/p>\n

The developer built the road after failing to comply with conditions relating to approved plans in relation to the construction of a four-bedroom detached property.<\/p>\n

Instead of constructing a driveway for the property in early 2019, they built a new road on green belt land, which led to further protected green belt land.<\/p>\n

In January 2022, South Staffordshire Council issued Lawnswood Homes with a Breach of Condition Notice, which required the developer to remove the road and restore the driveway. But they failed to comply and legal action was taken by the council as a result.<\/p>\n

Lawnswood Homes failed to appear at the hearing, held at Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court on Monday, October 2, to answer the charge of failing to comply with the notice.<\/p>\n

The developer was made to pay a total of \u00a36,724, \u00a32,500 of which was a fine (the maximum which the magistrates could impose), \u00a33,224 for prosecution and investigation costs, plus a victim surcharge of \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n

South Staffordshire Council deputy leader and cabinet member for business enterprise and community infrastructure, Cllr Victoria Wilson, said: \u201cThis is a fantastic result and rightly shows South Staffordshire Council will not tolerate unlawful development or breaches of planning control.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe protection of the district\u2019s treasured green belt is of great importance and we will not hesitate to bring legal action against those who seek to flout planning regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Staffordshire Council will continue to ensure compliance with this notice and take any action necessary to ensure the unlawful \u2018road to nowhere\u2019 has been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A property developer has been ordered to pay more than \u00a36,700 by South Staffordshire Council after building \u2018a road to nowhere\u2019 on open green belt land in South Staffordshire. image: South Staffordshire Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37953,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37951\/revisions\/37953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}