®Planning appeal decision
3 Third Avenue, London, E17 9QJ
Planning appeal 3321956 at 3 Third Avenue, London, E17 9QJ (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 May 2024 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to issue a Lawful Development Certificate for the second-floor loft area being used as a self-contained studio flat was well-founded.
Use of a second-floor loft area as one self-contained studio flat
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- E17 9QJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to issue a Lawful Development Certificate for the second-floor loft area being used as a self-contained studio flat was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence establishing when the loft area acquired all facilities necessary for independent use as a self-contained dwelling and that it was continuously occupied as such for at least four years prior to the application date.
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