®Planning appeal decision
2 Oakdene Avenue, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 6EA
Planning appeal 3352279 at 2 Oakdene Avenue, Chislehurst, Kent, BR7 6EA (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 13 July 2026 by Inspector Ghafoor A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the outbuilding's use as a dwellinghouse is lawful and immune from enforcement action, having regard to the 2012 planning permission which restricted its use to purposes incidental to the residential use of the main house.
Certificate of lawful use or development for the use of a detached outbuilding to the rear as a dwellinghouse
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ghafoor A
- Postcode
- BR7 6EA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the outbuilding's use as a dwellinghouse is lawful and immune from enforcement action, having regard to the 2012 planning permission which restricted its use to purposes incidental to the residential use of the main house
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof by presenting insufficient and imprecise evidence to demonstrate that the outbuilding had been lawfully used as a self-contained dwellinghouse for the required 4-year period before the relevant date.
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