Land at Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans

This Green Belt site had an existing club house and planning permission for a modest pavilion to serve a playing field. The appellant embarked on an ambitious scheme for a gym and leisure centre, as revealed by plans submitted for Building Regulations approval, and protested when the local planning authority served a temporary stop notice followed by an enforcement notice.  He argued that, far from taking enforcement action, the authority should have negotiated about the conditions it would impose in a retrospective planning permission.  He claimed that this approach was mandated by PPG18.  Not surprisingly he lost.  The development was subsequently demolished. Richard Langham appeared for the local planning authority.