A Wycombe homeowner has been ordered to rip up a driveway that was built without planning permission.

Buckinghamshire Council has served an enforcement notice on the owners of a house on New Drive after they installed hardstanding without approval.

The planning authority criticised the development, saying it created an increased risk of flooding to the property and surrounding roads.

In the notice, the council stated that it did not consider planning permission should be granted.

The council has ordered the homeowner to remove the hardstanding, giving them four months to comply.

The notice was issued on December 2 and will take effect on February 1 unless an appeal is lodged beforehand.

In the notice, the council said: “It appears to the council that the above breach of planning control has occurred within the last ten years.

“In the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, the development results in an increased risk of flooding across the site and the surrounding highway network.

“The Council does not consider that planning permission should be given, because conditions could not overcome these objections to the development.

“Rip up and remove the hardstanding (shown in the approximate position hatched on the attached plan) from the land.

“Restore the Land to the condition that it was in prior to the commencement of the unauthorised development.

“This includes, but is not limited to, re-profiling the ground to its previous level and re-seeding with grass.

“Remove from the Land all materials and debris resulting from complying with steps one and two of this notice.”

The council added that the development was contrary to planning policy and that the notice sought to remedy the planning breach.

It added: “The steps required by this notice do no more than achieve a complete remedy of the breach by discontinuing any use of the land or by restoring the land to its condition before the breach took place.”