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Quashed On Legal Grounds18 August 20253339309

55 Selsdon Road, London, SE27 0PQ

Planning appeal 3339309 at 55 Selsdon Road, London, SE27 0PQ (London Borough of Lambeth) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 18 August 2025 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether express planning permission was required for the laying of artificial grass.

Erection of a split level raised and wooden framed, hard-surfaced platform and associated enclosure fencing to the rear of the existing single storey rear extension

Authority
London Borough of Lambeth
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Ghafoor A
Postcode
SE27 0PQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether express planning permission was required for the laying of artificial grass
  • Whether the development was immune from enforcement action under ground (d)
  • The effect of the development upon the living conditions of the occupiers of adjoining properties having regard to overlooking

What decided it

The imposition of a retrospective landscaping condition with enforcement sanctions requiring demolition if the scheme is not properly submitted, approved and implemented within prescribed timescales makes the development acceptable in planning terms by sufficiently reducing the perception of being overlooked.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy Q2Policy Q14

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