®Planning appeal decision
18 Borthwick Road, Stratford, London, E15 1UD
Planning appeal 3330571 at 18 Borthwick Road, Stratford, London, E15 1UD (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 April 2024 by Inspector Jarratt P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, having regard to an Article 4 Direction which came into effect on 16 September 2014 removing permitted development rights for conversion of single family dwellings to small-scale HMOs.
as a house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Use Class 4)
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
- Postcode
- E15 1UD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, having regard to an Article 4 Direction which came into effect on 16 September 2014 removing permitted development rights for conversion of single family dwellings to small-scale HMOs
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the change of use to an HMO occurred prior to 15 September 2014 and continued uninterrupted thereafter, as the evidence for the pre-critical date period was vague and inadequate with only an unsupported letter from the previous owner.
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