Planning appeal decision
117 Hillingdon Street, London, SE17 3UX
Planning appeal 3335763 at 117 Hillingdon Street, London, SE17 3UX (London Borough of Southwark) was dismissed on 3 May 2024 by Inspector Perkins L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
Without planning permission, the erection of a rear extension and change of use from a residential property within use class C3 to a mixed use of residential and hot food takeaway; (“the Unauthorised Development”)
- Authority
- London Borough of Southwark
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Perkins L
- Postcode
- SE17 3UX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The steps required by the enforcement notice were partially excessive in requiring demolition of pre-existing boundary walls and re-turfing of the garden, and in requiring active restoration to residential use rather than merely cessation of the mixed use.
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