Planning appeal decision
7 Wellacre Road, Harrow, HA3 0BN
Planning appeal 3308066 at 7 Wellacre Road, Harrow, HA3 0BN (London Borough of Brent) was dismissed on 26 February 2024 by Inspector Griffin E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the erection of a building in the rear garden constitutes a breach of planning control under section 174(2)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without planning permission, the erection of a building to the rear of the premises (as identified hatched in black on Plan A attached to this notice) ("the unauthorised development")
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- HA3 0BN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the erection of a building in the rear garden constitutes a breach of planning control under section 174(2)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellants failed to prove that the development was substantially completed before the 2021 Article 4 Direction came into force on 18 December 2021, and therefore the more restrictive 2021 Direction applied, excluding all Class E permitted development.
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