®Planning appeal decision
7 Tachbrook Road, FELTHAM, TW14 9PD
without planning permission, the unauthorised conversion of the property to a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4)
- Authority
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Naylor R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the material change of use from C3 to C4 occurred prior to the Article 4 Direction coming into effect on 4 September 2023, and whether the subsequent refurbishment works extinguished the lawful use rights
- Appeal B: whether the roof extension constitutes permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class B of the GPDO 2015
What decided it
Appeal A succeeded because the appellant discharged the burden of proof that the change of use to HMO occurred prior to the Article 4 Direction; Appeal B succeeded because the roof extension met the permitted development criteria under the GPDO.
Judgments cited: Jennings Motors Ltd v SSE & New Forest DC [1982] 2 WLR 131; [1982] JPL 181; Titchfield (case law reference cited but full citation not provided in letter)
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