®Planning appeal decision
Notice upheld1 May 20253324367
65 Blenheim Gardens, LONDON, NW2 4NR
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether copies of the enforcement notice were properly served on all required parties
- Whether the alleged material change of use to ten flats occurred on or before 15 May 2019 and continued for four years without significant interruption, rendering it immune from enforcement action
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice are excessive
- Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice is reasonable
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use to ten flats occurred on or before the relevant date of 15 May 2019 and continued for four years without significant interruption, due to incomplete statutory declarations, unexplained gaps in tenancy agreements, and absence of council tax records.
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