45 Campden Crescent, Dagenham, RM8 2RS

Planning appeal 3255790 at 45 Campden Crescent, Dagenham, RM8 2RS (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was dismissed on 3 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 c).

without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use of a single family dwellinghouse to a House of Multiple Occupation

Authority: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Thompson F
Postcode: RM8 2RS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
The effect of the development on the stock of family housing in the borough
The effect of the development on the living conditions of occupiers and neighbouring residents
The effect of the development on the availability of on-street parking

What decided it

The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on ground (c) by providing sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the HMO use was lawfully implemented before the Article 4 Direction removed permitted development rights, and on ground (a) the loss of family housing in conflict with Policy BC4 could not be justified.

The lack of harm in respect of living conditions and parking cannot outweigh the identified harm in respect of the loss of a family house and conflict with Policy BC4

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy BC4Policy BP8Policy BR9
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 213Paragraph 61

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