Planning appeal decision
Units Rear of 1 East Dulwich Road, Southwark, London, SE22 9BA
Planning appeal 3264730 at Units Rear of 1 East Dulwich Road, Southwark, London, SE22 9BA (London Borough of Southwark) was dismissed on 25 January 2022 by Inspector Steen A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the units to the rear of 1 East Dulwich Road were in use as a B2 workshop on the date the enforcement notice was issued.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to a B2 Workshop (for the carrying on of an industrial process other than one falling within the uses described in Schedule 2, Class E, sub-paragraph (g)). (“the Unauthorised change of use”)
- Authority
- London Borough of Southwark
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Steen A
- Postcode
- SE22 9BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the units to the rear of 1 East Dulwich Road were in use as a B2 workshop on the date the enforcement notice was issued
What decided it
The noise generated by the workshop use, particularly from external plant and manufacturing processes, was at a level detrimental to the amenity of the residential area, placing the use outside class E(g) and within class B2, which requires planning permission.
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