Planning appeal decision
395 Montagu Road , London, England, N9 0HL
Planning appeal 3350531 at 395 Montagu Road , London, England, N9 0HL (London Borough of Enfield) was dismissed on 27 November 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the subdivision of the second floor flat into two self-contained units occurred more than four years before the date of application and whether the two flats created were continuously occupied for a four year period to be immune from enforcement action.
Use of second floor flat as 2 self-contained units
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- N9 0HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the subdivision of the second floor flat into two self-contained units occurred more than four years before the date of application and whether the two flats created were continuously occupied for a four year period to be immune from enforcement action
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient precise and unambiguous documentary evidence to demonstrate on the balance of probabilities that the two flats created by subdivision were continuously occupied for the required four year period.
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