25 Scorton Avenue, Perivale, UB6 8LA

Planning appeal 3378189 at 25 Scorton Avenue, Perivale, UB6 8LA (London Borough of Ealing) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 3 September 2026 by Inspector Moss J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the time limit specified in section 171B(2) of the 1990 Act, or that specified in section 171B(3) applies.

Authority: London Borough of Ealing
Appeal type: Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Moss J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the time limit specified in section 171B(2) of the 1990 Act, or that specified in section 171B(3) applies
Whether or not the separate residential use has continued substantially uninterrupted for the relevant period beginning with the date on which the material change of use to the separate residential use took place

What decided it

The Inspector found that the building was erected and first used for storage, with the material change of use to separate residential use occurring in August 2017 and continuing substantially uninterrupted for more than four years before the notice was issued, so the four-year time limit under section 171B(2) applied and the use had become immune from enforcement.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Wakelin v SSE and another (1983) 46 P&CR 214; Miller-Mead v MHLG [1963] 2 WLR 225; Lawson Builders Ltd and others v SSCLG and Wakefield MDC [2013] EWHC 3368 (Admin); Sage v SSETR & Maidstone BC [2003] UKHL 22

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