Planning appeal decision
Land at 3 Meadway Close, Barnet, EN5 5LA
Planning appeal 3295486 at Land at 3 Meadway Close, Barnet, EN5 5LA (London Borough of Barnet) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 7 February 2023 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged material change of use from two self-contained flats to a single family dwellinghouse had occurred by the date of the enforcement notice.
Without planning permission, the conversion of two self-contained flats into 1 no. single family dwellinghouse
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bond V
- Postcode
- EN5 5LA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged material change of use from two self-contained flats to a single family dwellinghouse had occurred by the date of the enforcement notice
What decided it
The evidence from the site visit, council tax records, and the continued presence of the first floor kitchen demonstrated that the alleged material change of use to a single dwelling had not occurred by the date of the enforcement notice.
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