Planning appeal decision
The Clapham Tap, 128 Clapham Manor Street, London, SW4 6ED
Planning appeal 3366298 at The Clapham Tap, 128 Clapham Manor Street, London, SW4 6ED (London Borough of Lambeth) was dismissed on 2 June 2026 by Inspector Lo S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
Without planning permission, the erection of a brick, flat-roofed, first-floor rear extension infilling the two-storey rear returns (‘the first-floor rear extension’)
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Lo S
- Postcode
- SW4 6ED
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the steps required by the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The notice requirements are limited to reversing the unauthorised works and restoring the building to its former state, which cannot be regarded as excessive in remedying the breach of planning control.
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