Planning appeal decision
3 The Mews, High Street, London, BR3 1BQ
Planning appeal 6000560 at 3 The Mews, High Street, London, BR3 1BQ (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 16 December 2025 by Inspector Burch S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO.
the ‘conversion of existing commercial building (Use Class E) into 1no. two-bedroom town house under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Burch S
- Postcode
- BR3 1BQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence that the site had been occupied for a continuous period of at least two years by a use falling within Class E prior to the application date, contrary to paragraph MA.1(1)(b) of the GPDO.
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