®Planning appeal decision
55 Edmunds Avenue, Orpington, London, BR5 3LE
Planning appeal 3339937 at 55 Edmunds Avenue, Orpington, London, BR5 3LE (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 18 July 2025 by Inspector Savage M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, the material change of use from a single dwellinghouse to two flats had occurred at least 4 years prior and continued without significant interruption for at least 4 years, such that it became immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
without the required planning permission, the material change of use of the land from a single dwellinghouse to two flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- BR5 3LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, at the date the enforcement notice was issued, the material change of use from a single dwellinghouse to two flats had occurred at least 4 years prior and continued without significant interruption for at least 4 years, such that it became immune from enforcement action under section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
What decided it
The appellant's evidence was too limited, unclear and undermined by discrepancies to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the material change of use had occurred at least 4 years before the notice was issued and continued without significant interruption for that period.
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