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Quashed On Legal Grounds2 February 20223269911

12A Williams Drive, Hounslow, TW3 3RG

Planning appeal 3269911 at 12A Williams Drive, Hounslow, TW3 3RG (London Borough of Hounslow) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 2 February 2022 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether at the time the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action against the material change of use of a garage to a separate self-contained residential unit.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of a garage to a separate self-contained residential unit

Authority
London Borough of Hounslow
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
TW3 3RG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether at the time the enforcement notice was issued it was too late to take enforcement action against the material change of use of a garage to a separate self-contained residential unit

What decided it

The appellants demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use had been in continuous operation for more than four years before the enforcement notice was issued, making enforcement action time-barred under ground (d).

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