®Planning appeal decision
5 The Drive, Wood Green, LONDON, N11 2DY
described in the following terms: ‘The property was converted into three flats in 2019. The top flat was rented out in 2019, the middle and ground floor flats were used by my family. The middle floor was then rented out in 2021. In 2022 I applied for HMO which was granted and since then I have been renting out all three flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Haringey
- Appeal type
- minor · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Willows P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawful use or development was well founded, turning on whether the use applied for had taken place for a sufficient continuous period such that it was lawful on the day the application was made
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient documentary evidence to demonstrate continuous use of the property as three self-contained flats for the required four-year period prior to the application, with particular gaps and ambiguities in the evidence from 2020 onwards.
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