Planning appeal decision
Annexe, 1 Wheatley Close, Hornchurch, RM11 2DR
Planning appeal 3269278 at Annexe, 1 Wheatley Close, Hornchurch, RM11 2DR (London Borough of Havering) was allowed on 21 July 2022 by Inspector Fleming D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probabilities that The Annexe was occupied for the relevant period without complying with condition No 4 attached to the 2002 permission.
use of the Annexe as a C3 single dwellinghouse
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Fleming D
- Postcode
- RM11 2DR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probabilities that The Annexe was occupied for the relevant period without complying with condition No 4 attached to the 2002 permission
What decided it
The self-contained residential use without compliance with condition No 4 began in October 2013 and became immune from enforcement action after four years by October 2017, with no evidence of abandonment thereafter.
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