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Search the Public Notice PortalA restaurant owner has spoken out after the council ordered him to tear down a shed at the back of his building.
The owner of Lal Quilla in Lymington said he will not risk a costly fight with New Forest District Council (NFDC) and plans to remove the “temporary storage” structure.
The authority issued an enforcement notice requiring the removal of the timber shed at the rear of the Indian restaurant on Lymington high street.
The notice comes into force on August 19 and gives the business three months to comply.
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Lal Quilla occupies a listed 18th-century building on the high street, with the shed facing the Gosport Street car park to the rear.
The restaurant’s owner, who did not wish to be named, said he had discussed plans to replace two old sheds with the council in February 2025 before taking over the business.
He said: “The whole place was really bad and full of rubbish, so we cleaned it up and then we invested more than £10,000 in the restaurant itself.
“We were told we did not need to apply for planning permission. The council said there was no problem for us to build a shed, and it would be built on an existing concrete base.”
The owner said the council later queried whether permission had been obtained after someone complained about the structure.
He said the shed was built after the business had already spent money on it, but added that it was only ever intended as a temporary storage facility.
The restaurant had also hoped to develop the garden, but those retrospective plans were refused because a noise impact assessment had not been provided.
The application, submitted by Muhammed Muhammed of Euphoria Group London in November 2025, outlined plans to remove the “existing shed” and replace it, and to introduce a “small serving area for restaurant use”.
The proposals were thrown out by the council in May 2026.
The owner added: “It would cost us thousands of pounds to go against the council, and we are a small team which does not have that money.
“We will be taking the shed down. Removing it should not impact the business.
“We will not be reapplying for planning permission. We are focusing on our business, which we are fighting for.
"We do not have the energy to go between this and all the other things.”
NFDC said the applicant first sought formal pre-application advice in October 2025, after work on the timber outbuilding had already begun.
The council advised that planning permission was required because the building stands within the grounds of a listed property.
A spokesperson from the council said officers raised concerns about its design and impact on the conservation area, the listed building and neighbours.
They added that the application was thrown out as those concerns were not resolved.
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