®Planning appeal decision
14 Little Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JJ
Planning appeal 3273246 at 14 Little Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JJ (City of Westminster Council) was dismissed on 18 January 2022 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the first and second floors of No 14 as offices, falling within Use Class E of the UCO, took place without material interruption for a period of at least ten years prior to the date of the LDC application, and not since extinguished, thereby obtaining immunity from enforcement action through the passage of time.
use of the first and second floor offices (Use Class E) as a retail shop (Use Class E)
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones R
- Postcode
- WC2H 7JJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the first and second floors of No 14 as offices, falling within Use Class E of the UCO, took place without material interruption for a period of at least ten years prior to the date of the LDC application, and not since extinguished, thereby obtaining immunity from enforcement action through the passage of time
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence that the first and second floors had been used as a Class E office use without material interruption for at least ten years prior to the application date.
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