Telford takeaway owner ordered to take down unauthorised and 'incongruous' timber extension

The enforcement notice, issued in April, ordered the business to permanently remove the extension from the land within four months.

Documentation doesn not reveal when the extension was built, but imagery from Google Maps suggests it went up sometime between March 2021 and June 2022.

In the notice, the council said the "overall design, form and materials" of the structure "fails to be in keeping with the character and appearance" of the area, which is within the Severn Gorge Conservation Area the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.

It continued: "In terms of the scale of the unauthorised side and rear extension, particularly the footprint, this is considered to be neither a modest, nor subservient addition on the application site and fails to be proportionate to the host building.

"The impact of the unauthorised extension is further exacerbated by the positioning of the works and their prominence within the surrounding area; resulting in an incongruous and unsympathetic addition within the surrounding streetscene.

"Furthermore, the works have resulted in harm to the setting of neighbouring heritage assets, particularly Grade II listed No. 59 High Street, and the Buildings of Local Interest known as Nos. 35-40 High Street and the Madeley Community Centre (formerly a Methodist church)."

The council said that planning permission should not be granted for the building, "because planning conditions could not overcome the problems identified".

Now, Shevki Aribas, who is listed on Companies House as manager of Madeley Kebab and Pizza Ltd, has appealed the enforcement notice with the Government Planning Inspectorate.

Statements from both the applicant and the council will have to be submitted to the inspector by June 12, with final comments due by July 3.

The case will then be considered by the inspector who will determine if the extension will have to be removed.