Planning appeal decision
81a St. Georges Road, London, E10 5RQ
Planning appeal 3261551 at 81a St. Georges Road, London, E10 5RQ (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 October 2022 by Inspector King T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use of the rear section to separate residential use) had occurred as a matter of fact.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the rear section of the Land (outlined by the yellow dotted line in attached Plan A) to a separate residential use and any works undertaken or any items brought onto the Land which are material in facilitating the material change of use of the Land
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- King T
- Postcode
- E10 5RQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use of the rear section to separate residential use) had occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether the matters alleged constitute a breach of planning control, having regard to the date of substantial completion of the building and immunity from enforcement action
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach
What decided it
The outbuilding was erected between June 2015 and August 2016 (not August 2014), so it could not have been in use for the ten years required to gain immunity from enforcement action for a C4 use.
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