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Dismissed19 December 20233297138

First Floor, 8 Grantham Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2RS

Planning appeal 3297138 at First Floor, 8 Grantham Road, Chiswick, London, W4 2RS (London Borough of Hounslow) was dismissed on 19 December 2023 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether a material change of use of the first floor flat to use as a separate self-contained dwelling has occurred and whether any such use has taken place on a continuous basis so as to be immune from enforcement action.

use of the Flat First floor as a self-contained flat

Authority
London Borough of Hounslow
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Brownless E
Postcode
W4 2RS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's refusal to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well-founded, turning on whether a material change of use of the first floor flat to use as a separate self-contained dwelling has occurred and whether any such use has taken place on a continuous basis so as to be immune from enforcement action

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to show that it is more likely than not that the alleged use of the appeal property for a continuous four-year period as a self-contained flat had occurred prior to the date of the application.

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