Planning appeal decision
Smart Hand Car Wash, 154 High Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6NT
Planning appeal 3286410 at Smart Hand Car Wash, 154 High Road, Chadwell Heath, RM6 6NT (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 29 March 2022 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact.
Unauthorised material change of use to a car wash
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- RM6 6NT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters alleged in the enforcement notice have occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether it was too late for enforcement action to be taken (ground d)
- Whether the requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach (ground f)
What decided it
The appellant could not demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the car wash use commenced more than ten years before the enforcement notice was issued, and the canopy was not constructed to facilitate the unauthorised use.
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