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Notice varied and upheld15 August 20253329170

16 Birchen Grove, London, NW9 8SA

Planning appeal 3329170 at 16 Birchen Grove, London, NW9 8SA (London Borough of Brent) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 August 2025 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, on the date the enforcement notice was issued, the use of the former garage as a dwellinghouse had continued substantially uninterrupted for a period of 4 years or more beginning with the date of the breach.

Material change of use of former garage to a dwellinghouse

Authority
London Borough of Brent
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Moss J
Postcode
NW9 8SA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether, on the date the enforcement notice was issued, the use of the former garage as a dwellinghouse had continued substantially uninterrupted for a period of 4 years or more beginning with the date of the breach

What decided it

The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence that the gaps between long-term tenancies (ranging from 2 to 5 months) were filled with continuous short-term lets, and therefore failed to demonstrate that the use as a dwellinghouse had continued substantially uninterrupted for the required 4-year period.

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