22 Camberwell Church Street , London , SE5 8QU

Planning appeal 3310614 at 22 Camberwell Church Street , London , SE5 8QU (London Borough of Southwark) was dismissed on 22 March 2024 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact and whether it constitutes a breach of planning control.

without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from a restaurant (class E) to a mixed use as a restaurant, drinking establishment and shisha bar/lounge (sui generis), and the erection of a building to the rear of the Land in the approximate location shown edged and hatched green on the attached plan (“the Unauthorised Development”)

Authority: London Borough of Southwark
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Howell M
Postcode: SE5 8QU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the breach of planning control alleged in the enforcement notice has occurred as a matter of fact and whether it constitutes a breach of planning control
Whether the use had been continuous for a period of ten years beginning with the date of the breach
Whether the varied requirements of the notice exceed what is necessary to achieve the purpose of the notice

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate that 20-22 Camberwell Church Street comprises two separate planning units or that the drinking establishment and shisha bar/lounge uses are ancillary to the restaurant use, and therefore could not discharge the burden of proof required to succeed on grounds (b), (c), (d) or (f).

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