®Planning appeal decision
47 First Avenue, Dagenham, RM10 9AT
Planning appeal 3255471 at 47 First Avenue, Dagenham, RM10 9AT (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was dismissed on 7 June 2021 by Inspector Thompson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground b).
without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use of a single-family dwellinghouse to a House of Multiple Occupation
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
- Postcode
- RM10 9AT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground b)
- Whether at the time the notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action (ground d)
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the property was not in use as an HMO at the date the notice was issued, and provided no evidence to support a claim that the use had been continuous for ten years.
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