An Aylesbury homeowner has been ordered to demolish an “unsympathetic” extension they built without permission.
Buckinghamshire Council has served an enforcement notice on a house in Linden End, alleging the construction of a single-storey extension without permission.
In the notice, the authority says it does not consider planning permission should be given for the development because conditions could not overcome the objections to it.
It said: “It appears to the Council that the above breach of planning control has occurred within the last ten years.
“The front extension is not of good design and is out of character and unsympathetic to the street scene in the area.”
The order says the extension is contrary to planning policies and orders the owners to remove the extension and any debris that results from complying with the notice.
They have been given six months to comply, with the order taking effect on April 1.
If the notice is not complied with, the owners could face prosecution or remedial action by the council unless they successfully appeal the decision to the Secretary of State.
An enforcement notice is a legal order from a council requiring unauthorised development to be corrected or removed within a set time.
It comes as the authority has slapped the home of the Paralympics with an emergency heritage notice amid fears two historic buildings could be demolished.
It has issued Building Preservation Notices covering Accommodation Huts A and C at Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury after concerns they could be demolished or altered in a way that would affect their historic character.
The move gives the structures temporary listed status while the Government considers whether the huts should be formally added to the national list of protected buildings.
Council documents state the buildings appear to be of “special architectural or historic interest”, with the notice remaining in force for up to six months while a decision is made.
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