Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Notice upheld11 January 20223274075

Land at 126 Loampit Vale, London, SE13 7SN

Planning appeal 3274075 at Land at 126 Loampit Vale, London, SE13 7SN (London Borough of Lewisham) was dismissed on 11 January 2022 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f).

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Property from a commercial unit on the ground and lower ground floor and 1 self-contained flat on the upper floors to four (4) self- contained residential dwelling units (flats)

Authority
London Borough of Lewisham
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Moss J
Postcode
SE13 7SN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
  • Whether the period specified in the notice for compliance is reasonable (ground g)

What decided it

The enforcement notice provided two reasonable options to remedy the breach, the steps required were proportionate and necessary, and the compliance period was sufficient without substantiated evidence to the contrary.

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

582 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Lewisham

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022

  1. Quashed On Legal Grounds29 July 20263350448
    Bestfood Supermarket, 30 Loampit Hill, London, SE13 7SW
  2. Notice varied and upheld19 March 20263290410
    Land and Buildings to the Rear of 243-265 Bromley Road, London, SE6 2RA
  3. Quashed On Legal Grounds11 March 20263352755
    222 Verdant Lane, London, SE6 1TN
  4. Notice varied and upheld26 February 20263342757
    11 Dunkery Road, London, SE9 4HX
  5. Notice varied and upheld16 February 20263355454
    51 Sydenham Road, London, SE26 5EX

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.