Planning appeal decision
34 Downhills Way, London, N17 6BA
Planning appeal 3262772 at 34 Downhills Way, London, N17 6BA (London Borough of Haringey) was dismissed on 24 June 2022 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action against the change of use of the outbuilding to a self-contained dwellinghouse.
Without planning permission, the change of use of the outbuilding at the rear of the back garden to a self-contained dwellinghouse
- Authority
- London Borough of Haringey
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- N17 6BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether at the date the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action against the change of use of the outbuilding to a self-contained dwellinghouse
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof by providing no documentary evidence demonstrating continuous use of the outbuilding as a dwelling for four or more years prior to the enforcement notice being issued.
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