Planning appeal decision
Metropolitan Southgate Police Station, 25 Chase Side, Enfield, Southgate, London , N14 5BW
Planning appeal 3337579 at Metropolitan Southgate Police Station, 25 Chase Side, Enfield, Southgate, London , N14 5BW (London Borough of Enfield) was dismissed on 3 July 2024 by Inspector Hunter A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
the conversion of first, second and third floors to create 17 self-contained residential units
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hunter A
- Postcode
- N14 5BW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
Insufficient evidence that the whole building was used continuously as offices (Class E or B1) for the required 2-year period to satisfy Class MA of the GPDO.
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