126 Barrowell Green, London, N21 3AX

Planning appeal 3368877 at 126 Barrowell Green, London, N21 3AX (London Borough of Enfield) was dismissed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Hartley D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well founded with particular regard to whether on the date of the LDC application the property was lawfully two separate self-contained units falling within use class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (England) Order 1987 (as amended) (UCO).

Use of the property as two separate self-contained units falling within use class C3 of the use classes order

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hartley D
Postcode: N21 3AX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant an LDC was well founded with particular regard to whether on the date of the LDC application the property was lawfully two separate self-contained units falling within use class C3 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (England) Order 1987 (as amended) (UCO)

What decided it

The appellant's evidence was not sufficiently precise and unambiguous to demonstrate continuous four-year use of the property as two separate self-contained C3 dwellinghouses, and the occupants did not constitute a single household under section 258 of the Housing Act 2004.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1983] JPL 306; Westminster Renslade Limited v Secretary of State for the Environment and Another (1983)

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