Planning appeal decision
32 Ash Road, Stratford, London, E15 1HL
Planning appeal 3330912 at 32 Ash Road, Stratford, London, E15 1HL (London Borough of Newham) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 May 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the conversion to four self-contained flats was substantially completed before the relevant date of 5 September 2019 such that the use is immune from enforcement action.
Material change of use to four self-contained flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- E15 1HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the conversion to four self-contained flats was substantially completed before the relevant date of 5 September 2019 such that the use is immune from enforcement action
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice are reasonable and not excessive
- Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice is reasonable
What decided it
The appellant's evidence failed to clearly and unambiguously demonstrate that the conversion operations were substantially completed before the relevant date of 5 September 2019, and the period of compliance was extended from 5 to 7 months as reasonable.
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