288 Brixton Hill, LONDON, SW2 1HT

Without planning permission, the installation of two CCTV cameras on metal triangular brackets, one on either side of the shopfront, attached to the pilasters at ground floor level (‘the unauthorised CCTV cameras’)

Authority: London Borough of Lambeth
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Perkins L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served
Whether the matters stated in the notice have occurred as a matter of fact
Whether the matters stated in the notice constitute a breach of planning control
Whether it was too late for the Council to take enforcement action due to time limits
Whether the steps required by the notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach

What decided it

The camera installation materially affects the external appearance of the building, does not comply with permitted development rights, and was installed within the four-year enforcement period.

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