165 Sherrard Road, Forest Gate, LONDON, E7 8DY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the evidence precisely and unambiguously demonstrates that the building operations involved in the conversion of the property into a studio flat on the ground floor and two-bedroom first floor flat substantially completed on or before the relevant date of 26 April 2019
• Whether the evidence shows that each flat could provide separate facilities for cooking, sleeping and washing on or before the relevant date
• Whether the evidence demonstrates continuous occupation and use of each flat as a dwellinghouse without significant interruption
• Whether the extant enforcement notice dated 14 April 2023 prevents the granting of the certificate of lawful use

What decided it

The extant enforcement notice dated 14 April 2023 prevents the granting of the certificate of lawful use as the claimed existing use falls within its scope and would contradict section 191(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.