®Planning appeal decision
Notice upheld10 January 20253314191
75 Derby Road, Forest Gate , London, E7 8NH
without planning permission the material change of use to a community centre
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appellant has proved on the balance of probability that the use of the site changed to a community centre on or before 29 November 2012 and that the use then continued without substantial interruption for 10 years after the date of the change
- Whether that breach of planning control was deliberately concealed in a manner which should result in the appellant being deprived of the immunity offered by section 171B of the Act
What decided it
The appellant's own 2012 planning application and subsequent responses to enforcement enquiries and a Planning Contravention Notice in 2016 stating the building was vacant or used for offices and conference space, combined with evidence of deliberate concealment, meant the appellant could not establish the ten-year immunity required under section 171B.
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