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Notice upheld14 June 20223264076

99 Victoria Road, Romford, RM1 2LX

Planning appeal 3264076 at 99 Victoria Road, Romford, RM1 2LX (London Borough of Havering) was dismissed on 14 June 2022 by Inspector Dyer S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, the breach of planning control (use as a vehicle washing and valeting centre) was immune from enforcement action under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, having subsisted for ten years.

without planning permission the material change of use of the land to a vehicle washing and valeting centre (sui generis use)

Authority
London Borough of Havering
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Dyer S
Postcode
RM1 2LX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, the breach of planning control (use as a vehicle washing and valeting centre) was immune from enforcement action under section 174(2)(d) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, having subsisted for ten years

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence on the balance of probabilities that the breach of planning control (use as a vehicle washing and valeting centre) had subsisted continuously for ten years prior to the enforcement notice being issued.

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