®Planning appeal decision
16 Melrose Gardens, Edgware, HA8 5LN
Planning appeal 3341730 at 16 Melrose Gardens, Edgware, HA8 5LN (London Borough of Brent) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 5 December 2025 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use to an HMO and two flats) has occurred as a matter of fact, and specifically the distinction between a self-contained flat and an HMO.
without planning permission, the material change of use of the premises to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and two flats. ("the unauthorised change of use")
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- HA8 5LN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the alleged breach of planning control (material change of use to an HMO and two flats) has occurred as a matter of fact, and specifically the distinction between a self-contained flat and an HMO
What decided it
The Inspector concluded that all rooms in the property, including rooms 2 and 5 with kitchenettes, lacked adequate private cooking facilities for day-to-day private domestic existence and therefore the property constituted a single HMO (Class C4) rather than an HMO plus two self-contained flats, meaning the breach alleged in the enforcement notice had not occurred as a matter of fact.
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