4 Chevet Street, LONDON, E9 5RE

replacement of the existing single glazed timber windows with double glazed uPVC units on the front and rear elevation

Authority: London Borough of Hackney
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Phillips A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the replacement of windows constitutes a breach of planning control under section 55(2)(a)(ii) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Whether the works benefit from permitted development rights under Class A, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
Whether Article 3(5) of the GPDO prevents the exercise of permitted development rights due to unlawful building operations

What decided it

The replacement windows have a similar visual appearance to the original windows in terms of overall shape, colour and size of frames, satisfying the GPDO Class A requirement, and permitted development rights were available at the time the enforcement notice was served.

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