Planning appeal decision
361 Grove Green Road, London, E10 5PW
Planning appeal 3247904 at 361 Grove Green Road, London, E10 5PW (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 January 2022 by Inspector Perkins L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether planning permission existed for the change of use to an HMO.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the dwellinghouse to use as a House in Multiple Occupation (‘HMO’) (Use Class C4) (“Unauthorised Development”)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Perkins L
- Postcode
- E11 4AQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control, specifically whether planning permission existed for the change of use to an HMO
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide any planning permission document to support the claim that permission was granted, and the HMO licence and Article 4 Direction evidence confirmed that planning permission was required and had not been obtained.
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