Planning appeal decision
150 Coles Green Road, London, NW2 7JL
Planning appeal 3362046 at 150 Coles Green Road, London, NW2 7JL (London Borough of Brent) was dismissed on 6 October 2025 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use to storage of vehicles and parts, car breaking, maintenance and repairs has occurred (ground b).
Material change of use to storage of vehicles and parts, car breaking, maintenance and repairs
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moss J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use to storage of vehicles and parts, car breaking, maintenance and repairs has occurred (ground b)
- Whether the use has continued substantially uninterrupted for ten years such that enforcement action is time-barred (ground d)
What decided it
The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof on both grounds: the physical evidence at the site and in photographs demonstrated the alleged mixed use of vehicle storage, breaking, and maintenance had occurred, and the intervening car sales enforcement notice showed the use had not continued substantially uninterrupted for ten years.
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