®Planning appeal decision
19 Charnwood Road, London, SE25 6NT
Planning appeal 3337249 at 19 Charnwood Road, London, SE25 6NT (London Borough of Croydon) was allowed on 11 December 2025 by Inspector McGlone A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the use of the appeal property would fall within Class C3(b), relating to up to six people living together as a single household and receiving care, and does not therefore involve development or require planning permission.
Change of use from a single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to residential household for not more than six residents living together as a single household where care is provided for residents by a full-time resident carer (Use Class C3(b))
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- McGlone A
- Postcode
- SE25 6NT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse the application was well founded, turning on whether the appellant can show on the balance of probability that the use of the appeal property would fall within Class C3(b), relating to up to six people living together as a single household and receiving care, and does not therefore involve development or require planning permission
What decided it
The use falls within Class C3(b) as part of the same use class as C3, and therefore does not constitute development requiring planning permission under section 55(2)(f) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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