Planning appeal decision
Unit 5, Ashby Mews, London, SE4 1TB
Planning appeal 3281117 at Unit 5, Ashby Mews, London, SE4 1TB (London Borough of Lewisham) was allowed on 31 October 2022 by Inspector Perkins L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded.
Certificate of lawful use for use of entire property as single dwellinghouse
- Authority
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Perkins L
- Postcode
- SE4 1TB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application for a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded
What decided it
The Council's own planning enforcement officer's site inspection report of October 2018 concluded the property was being used as a dwellinghouse rather than a live/work unit, which corroborated the appellant's evidence and undermined the Council's reliance on the 2019 application documents.
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