Last year Mr Taylor found the rest of the committee demanding an inquiry into his actions and that senior officers mishandled his application to develop his home in the Forest.
An internal investigation cleared him and the officials but shortly before Christmas three enforcement notices were issued against him to correct numerous breaches of planning law.
They related to development carried out without permission, or reinstatements which were required but had not been completed, over several years.
Mr Taylor immediately said he would appeal the notices and the case reached the Royal Court last week, when it was confirmed that one of the three notices would be sent back to a planning tribunal after the DPA agreed that a key issue had not been properly determined.
Director of planning Jim Rowles has confirmed that the DPA agreed with Mr Taylor that the tribunal should have first reached a conclusion on whether the land was domestic or agricultural.
‘This agreement was ratified in court and the compliance notice appeal will be remitted back to the tribunal to consider again on this basis.’
It means the underlying dispute over the notice has not yet been finally determined, but Mr Taylor said he was happy that the root of his concern will now be addressed.
‘My concern throughout has been that both the authority and the tribunal reached conclusions about enforcement without properly determining the status of the land,’ he said.
‘That issue is now going to have to be determined. I’m pleased that the Royal Court proceedings have resulted in that position being corrected, and I look forward to the matter being reconsidered on the proper legal basis. I am also grateful that the authority has agreed to pay the court costs.’
Mr Taylor received three enforcement notices in December last year, all relating to alleged breaches of planning law at his home. He and his wife had obtained permission in 2018 to demolish the previous dwelling at the Forest site and erect a replacement property.
One of the notices issued last year concerned timber steps and three moveable structures – a trailer, vehicle and horse box – on part of the property designated as a site of special significance.
A second notice related to a timber structure constructed without permission on such land, and a third ordered landscaping to be carried out in accordance with the original planning permission granted eight years ago.