Planning appeal decision
Edge Gym, Unit H-I, Avenir Works 22-23 Danes Road, Romford, RM7 0HL
Planning appeal 3287855 at Edge Gym, Unit H-I, Avenir Works 22-23 Danes Road, Romford, RM7 0HL (London Borough of Havering) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 4 January 2023 by Inspector Perkins L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control.
Without planning permission, the material change of use from class (B1) Offices to use as a Private Fitness Gym
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Perkins L
- Postcode
- RM7 0HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control
What decided it
The 2020 Regulations incorporating both B1 offices and D2 gymnasiums into Class E mean that the change of use is no longer material under section 55(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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