®Planning appeal decision
4 Downsell Road, London, E15 2BU
Planning appeal 3287307 at 4 Downsell Road, London, E15 2BU (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 5 January 2023 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the single storey side infill extension and Perspex wooden canopy were immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
Without planning permission, 1. The development of a single storey side infill extension. 2. The erection of a Perspex wooden canopy at the rear
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- E15 2BU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the single storey side infill extension and Perspex wooden canopy were immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The single storey side infill extension was substantially completed more than 4 years before the enforcement notice was issued and was therefore immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Act.
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