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Dismissed27 July 20223277179

The Brunswick Centre, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1BS

Planning appeal 3277179 at The Brunswick Centre, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1BS (London Borough of Camden) was dismissed on 27 July 2022 by Inspector Perkins L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: If the Council had refused the application, whether the refusal would have been well-founded or not.

described on the application form as: “Class E”

Authority
London Borough of Camden
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Hearing
Development
retail · Change of use
Inspector
Perkins L
Postcode
WC1N 1BS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • If the Council had refused the application, whether the refusal would have been well-founded or not

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate, on the balance of probability, a precise and unambiguous description of the existing use and land, and failed to show that Condition 3 of the 2003 permission no longer restricted the site's use.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SH1Policy SH2
Judgments
Lambeth LCB v Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government [2019] UKSC 33; Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; R (Parkview Homes Limited) v Chichester DC [2021] EWHC 59; UBB Waste Essex Ltd v Essex CC [2019] EWHC 1924; Dunnett Investments v SSCLG [2017] EWCA Civ 192; R (Royal London Mutual Insurance Society) v SSCLG [2013] EWHC 3597

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