®Planning appeal decision
59 Beam Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9BS
Planning appeal 3270570 at 59 Beam Avenue, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9BS (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 16 January 2023 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged change of use to a car repair business had occurred as a matter of fact prior to the issue of the enforcement notice.
without planning permission, the unauthorised change of use to a car repair business (Use Class B2)
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- RM10 9BS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged change of use to a car repair business had occurred as a matter of fact prior to the issue of the enforcement notice
What decided it
The absence of any documented evidence from the Council (such as dated records, photographs, or third-party complaints) combined with the appellant's credible account and the Inspector's own observation of no visual evidence of car repair activity at the property.
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