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

Planning appeal 3332298 at 165 Sherrard Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8DY (London Borough of Newham) was dismissed on 24 October 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

Certificate of lawful use or development for subdivision into studio flat on ground floor front and 2 bed flat at first floor

Authority: London Borough of Newham
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Ghafoor A
Postcode: 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.

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