Planning appeal decision
16 Orchard Close, Wembley, HA0 1TZ
Planning appeal 3278357 at 16 Orchard Close, Wembley, HA0 1TZ (London Borough of Brent) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 May 2022 by Inspector Pleasant L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The issue is whether as a matter of fact car repairs were been carried out on the Land and broken vehicles stored on it.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the premises from residential to a mixed use as residential, car repairs and the storage of broken vehicles ("the unauthorised change of use"), and; Without planning permission, the demolition of the front boundary wall, the formation of an access onto a highway and the creation of a parking area to the front of the premises ("the unauthorised development")
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- HA0 1TZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The issue is whether as a matter of fact car repairs were been carried out on the Land and broken vehicles stored on it.
What decided it
The absence of evidence that the storage of broken vehicles in the front garden had continued for ten years meant the mixed use had not gained immunity from enforcement, so the notice was upheld in respect of that use.
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