Planning appeal decision
Land Rear Of 45 Page Street, London, NW7 2EL
Planning appeal 3288164 at Land Rear Of 45 Page Street, London, NW7 2EL (London Borough of Barnet) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 13 March 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use became immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the land to use as a dwellinghouse and the construction of an outbuilding (shown edged in red on attached Aerial Image) incidental to making of the change of the use
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- NW7 2EL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use became immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The operational development (the outbuilding itself) should have been enforced within four years of substantial completion, and therefore requiring its demolition exceeds what is necessary to remedy the breach; ceasing the use is sufficient remedy.
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