®Planning appeal decision
Burn Bullock Public House, 315 London Road, MITCHAM, CR4 4BE
without planning permission: The unauthorised material change of use of the public house main building and ancillary car parking to a large House of Multiple Occupation (“HMO”), car-repair and cleaning workshop, storage, scrapyard and stationing of mobile homes for residential accommodation (sui-generis) and installation of portacabins
- Authority
- London Borough of Merton
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control comprising the material change of use of the public house to an HMO has occurred as a matter of fact
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to achieve the purpose
- Whether the period for compliance with the notice is reasonable
What decided it
The occupants of the building were squatters who did not pay rent and the building lacked basic amenities, meaning the accommodation did not meet the standard test for an HMO under the Housing Act 2004, so the alleged HMO use had not occurred as a matter of fact.
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.