Planning appeal decision
33 Heathfield Gardens, London, NW11 9HY
Planning appeal 3278422 at 33 Heathfield Gardens, London, NW11 9HY (London Borough of Barnet) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 3 August 2022 by Inspector Rogers B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use from C3 to C4 took place prior to the coming into force on 29 May 2016 of the Article 4 Direction, such that it was lawful permitted development at the time.
without planning permission, the change of use of the property into a C4 House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rogers B
- Postcode
- NW11 9HY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use from C3 to C4 took place prior to the coming into force on 29 May 2016 of the Article 4 Direction, such that it was lawful permitted development at the time
What decided it
The appellant demonstrated through credible statutory declarations that the property was lawfully in use as a HMO prior to 29 May 2016, when such use was permitted development, and there has been no subsequent abandonment or change of use.
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