Planning appeal decision
36 Sunningfields Road, London, NW4 4RL
Planning appeal 3261094 at 36 Sunningfields Road, London, NW4 4RL (London Borough of Barnet) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 28 February 2022 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach of planning control, having regard to the four-year immunity period under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission the conversion of the dwelling house into three self contained units and two bed sitting rooms sharing facilities on the first floor
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- NW4 4RL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued, enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged breach of planning control, having regard to the four-year immunity period under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellant's evidence demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the conversion occurred on or before 1 September 2016 and continued without significant interruption for at least four years, placing the breach outside the enforcement period.
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