®Planning appeal decision
14 Langland Crescent, Stanmore, HA7 1NG
Planning appeal 3274522 at 14 Langland Crescent, Stanmore, HA7 1NG (London Borough of Harrow) was allowed on 3 October 2022 by Inspector Pleasant L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use took place before the 6 April 2017, with the use as a single dwellinghouse continuing for at least four years thereafter.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the detached outbuilding shown hatched in the plan in the rear garden of the Land from a use incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse to a use as a self-contained flat (“the Unauthorised Use”)
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- HA7 1NG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use took place before the 6 April 2017, with the use as a single dwellinghouse continuing for at least four years thereafter
- Whether the development is acceptable in principle, having regard to local planning policies in relation to the location of new housing
- Whether the development provides for acceptable living conditions for existing occupiers, having regard to the personal circumstances of the existing occupier
What decided it
The occupier's pressing personal circumstances (health-related needs and protected characteristic) justified granting a personal planning permission despite the development's conflict with the development plan.
The harm from conflict with the development plan (unacceptable in principle as garden land development, and substandard living conditions for an unrestricted dwelling) was outweighed by the significant weight given to the existing occupier's pressing personal circumstances, tipping the balance in favour of granting a personal permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS1Policy D3Policy D6Policy DM1Policy DM26
- Judgments
- Gravesham BC v SSE and Another [1984] 47P. & CR 142; Uttlesford DC v SSE [1991] 2 PLR 76
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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