®Planning appeal decision
49 Albany Park Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 5NU
Planning appeal 3356156 at 49 Albany Park Avenue, Enfield, Middlesex, EN3 5NU (London Borough of Enfield) was allowed on 22 January 2026 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the use of the property as 2 self-contained flats has subsisted continuously for the four year period prior to the date of the application and is thus lawful.
Use of property as 2 self-contained flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Braithwaite J
- Postcode
- EN3 5NU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the property as 2 self-contained flats has subsisted continuously for the four year period prior to the date of the application and is thus lawful
What decided it
The appellant provided sufficient precise and unambiguous evidence, including sworn statutory declarations and supporting documentary evidence, to demonstrate that the use as 2 self-contained flats had subsisted continuously for the required four year period prior to the application date.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in London Borough of Enfield
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026
- Notice varied and upheld4 June 20263336794Land on West Side of Burnt Farm Ride, Enfield, EN2 9DY
- Notice varied and upheld19 May 20263357359Land on the South Side of Southbury Road, Enfield, EN1 1NH
- Dismissed17 March 20266002727292-296 Firs Lane, London, N13 5QQ
- Notice varied and upheld16 March 2026335247678 Holmwood Road, Enfield, EN3 6QH
- Planning permission granted12 March 202633512504 Broomfield Avenue, London, N13 4JN
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.