®Planning appeal decision
17 Windsor Crescent, WEMBLEY, HA9 9AN
without planning permission, the material change of use of the premises to multiple self-contained flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Tweddle J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Ground (d): whether, on the date the notice was issued, no enforcement action could be taken in respect of the alleged material change of use to four flats (the four-year rule)
- Ground (g): whether the four-month period for compliance specified in the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed
What decided it
The appellant's evidence, including admittedly manufactured tenancy agreements and inconsistent timelines, was not sufficiently precise or unambiguous to prove continuous residential use of any flat for the required four-year immunity period.
the public interest in expeditious compliance with the enforcement notice outweighed the appellant's private interest in extending the four-month compliance period to twelve months
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.