Planning appeal decision
83 Cricklade Avenue, London, SW2 3HE
Planning appeal 3291590 at 83 Cricklade Avenue, London, SW2 3HE (London Borough of Lambeth) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 15 September 2023 by Inspector Moore D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether a material change of use of the premises to two self-contained flats occurred four or more years prior to the issue of the enforcement notice, such that enforcement action is now time-barred under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use of the premises to two self-contained flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore D
- Postcode
- SW2 3HE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a material change of use of the premises to two self-contained flats occurred four or more years prior to the issue of the enforcement notice, such that enforcement action is now time-barred under section 171B(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellant's sworn evidence, supported by a range of corroborative documentation, established on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use to two self-contained flats occurred in June 2017, more than four years before the enforcement notice was issued in December 2021, making enforcement action time-barred.
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