3 Flamstead Avenue, London, HA9 6DL

Planning appeal 3288345 at 3 Flamstead Avenue, London, HA9 6DL (London Borough of Brent) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 November 2023 by Inspector King T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development involved provides for a satisfactory standard of residential accommodation for the property's occupiers.

Appeal A: material change of use to a sui generis House in Multiple Occupation; Appeal B: material change of use of the premises to a flat and a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

Authority: London Borough of Brent
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: King T
Postcode: HA9 6DL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the development involved provides for a satisfactory standard of residential accommodation for the property's occupiers
the effect of the use on the character and appearance of the surrounding area and the property itself
the effect on the borough's housing stock of family-sized dwellings

What decided it

The finding that the property had undergone an unauthorised material change of use to a HMO since 2020, causing harm to the standard of residential accommodation and to family-sized housing stock that outweighed the absence of character and appearance harm.

the harm to the standard of accommodation and the loss of family-sized housing stock significantly outweighed the absence of harm to character and appearance, leading to dismissal of Appeal A

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy BH7Policy BH10Policy BT2Policy T6Policy T6.1Policy H9
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 130
Judgments: Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982]

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