Planning appeal decision
Flats 1-3, 21 Brownlow Road, London, NW10 9QP
Planning appeal 3257244 at Flats 1-3, 21 Brownlow Road, London, NW10 9QP (London Borough of Brent) was dismissed on 27 May 2022 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether on the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal).
without planning permission, the material change of use of the ground floor of the premises to three flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Curnow R
- Postcode
- NW10 9QP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether on the date the enforcement notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the breach of planning control (ground (d) appeal)
- Whether the matters referred to in the notice constitute a breach of planning control (hidden ground (c) appeal)
What decided it
The appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that the use as three self-contained flats commenced before 30 June 2016 and continued continuously for the four-year immunity period, as he provided no specific evidence of the commencement date or substantive evidence of continuous use.
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