®Planning appeal decision
143 Elderfield Road, London, E5 0AY
Planning appeal 3337724 at 143 Elderfield Road, London, E5 0AY (London Borough of Hackney) was dismissed on 29 October 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the basement flat was continuously and independently occupied for the four year period prior to the date of the application (13 March 2019 to 13 March 2023) such that the conversion is immune from enforcement action.
Conversion of a single dwelling house into two flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- E5 0AY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the basement flat was continuously and independently occupied for the four year period prior to the date of the application (13 March 2019 to 13 March 2023) such that the conversion is immune from enforcement action
What decided it
The appellant's evidence was imprecise and ambiguous and did not demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the basement flat was continuously and independently occupied between 13 March 2019 and 13 March 2023.
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