Planning appeal decision
2-3 Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0QL
Planning appeal 3350822 at 2-3 Clapham Common North Side, London, SW4 0QL (London Borough of Lambeth) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 October 2025 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (ground f).
Without planning permission, the installation of two air-conditioning units at the northern end of the passageway to the rear of the premises ("the two unauthorised air-conditioning units")
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- SW4 0QL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control or injury to amenity (ground f)
- Whether three months is a reasonable period for compliance with the notice (ground g)
What decided it
The requirements of the notice do no more and no less than seek to remedy the breach by restoring the land to its previous condition, and six months provides a reasonable compliance period.
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