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Dismissed23 April 20253324754

Lees Court, Lees Place, London, W1K 6LQ

Planning appeal 3324754 at Lees Court, Lees Place, London, W1K 6LQ (City of Westminster Council) was dismissed on 23 April 2025 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decisions to refuse the LDC applications were well-founded.

Certificate of lawful use or development for use of building as 19 self-contained residential dwellings (Class C3)

Authority
City of Westminster Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Shields T
Postcode
W1K 6LQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council's decisions to refuse the LDC applications were well-founded

What decided it

The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities, through sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence, that the building was lawfully used as 19 self-contained flats during the relevant period, as the removal of kitchen facilities and provision of communal catering facilities constituted a material change of use to a hostel/mixed residential use.

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