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Dismissed17 December 20213265405

Unit 9-10, Cromwell Centre, Coppen Road, Dagenham, RM8 1HJ

Planning appeal 3265405 at Unit 9-10, Cromwell Centre, Coppen Road, Dagenham, RM8 1HJ (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was dismissed on 17 December 2021 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the change of use from the existing use to a shisha lounge would constitute development requiring planning permission, or would fall within the exemption in section 55(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as a change within Use Class E.

Change of use from MOT test centre to shisha lounge

Authority
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Shields T
Postcode
RM8 1HJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the change of use from the existing use to a shisha lounge would constitute development requiring planning permission, or would fall within the exemption in section 55(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as a change within Use Class E

What decided it

The existing use as an MOT test centre does not fall within Use Class E because MOT testing is not an industrial process as defined in the Use Classes Order, and therefore the exemption in section 55(2)(f) does not apply.

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