®Planning appeal decision
Quashed On Legal Grounds21 March 20253345576
Flat B, 6 Stembridge Road, LONDON, SE20 7UF
without the required planning permission, the material change of use of the land from a self-contained flat (class C3) to a house in multiple occupation (class C4)
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether a lawful C3 use was established in Flat B before the Article 4 direction came into force on 1 September 2022, such that the conversion to C4 HMO use on 31 August 2022 was lawful under the GPDO
- Whether the material change of use to C4 HMO is acceptable in terms of design quality, space standards, and amenity impacts
What decided it
The restriction of occupancy to 6 people, combined with compliance with the Council's minimum room size standards and adequate bin storage provision, makes the HMO use acceptable despite the unlawful change of use.
Plan policies cited: Policy 4, Policy 9, Policy 37, London Plan policy 6
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.