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Notice upheld22 October 20253321486

46 The Drive, Edgware, HA8 8PT

Planning appeal 3321486 at 46 The Drive, Edgware, HA8 8PT (London Borough of Barnet) was dismissed on 22 October 2025 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether planning permission is required for the use of the outbuilding as a self-contained dwelling (ground c).

without planning permission, the making of a material change of use of the outbuilding in the rear garden to self-contained dwellinghouse

Authority
London Borough of Barnet
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Naylor R
Postcode
HA8 8PT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether planning permission is required for the use of the outbuilding as a self-contained dwelling (ground c)
  • Whether the use had become immune from enforcement action through four years continuous use prior to the enforcement notice (ground d)

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to demonstrate four years of continuous use as a self-contained dwelling, and the contradictory written statements evidenced deliberate concealment of the breach.

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