®Planning appeal decision
8 Grenaby Avenue, CROYDON, CR0 2EG
as follows: the conversion into and continued use of the main dwelling as two (2) self-contained flats with utilities such as combi boilers, electric changeovers/meters, kitchen, bathroom and water source already installed and the use of the outbuilding as a living unit without planning consent or other lawful authority via the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change in use to self-contained flats occurred on or before the relevant date (6 February 2020) and continued for four years without significant interruption (ground d immunity claim)
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control (ground f)
What decided it
The appellant's evidence did not clearly demonstrate when the conversion work was substantially completed or that each unit was continuously occupied as a dwellinghouse for the required four-year period before the relevant date.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.