Appeals and Law
View recent cases, appeals and judgements below
2022
ES had authority to issue Notice, right for District Council to issue notice against waste, vociferous Alsation
Caravan Site Appeal Dismissed
Inspector Upholds Enforcement Notice Against Roof and Rear Extensions
2021
Sign Writer’s Workshop and Dwelling Appeal
Unlawful Flat Conversion
Injunction
Unlawful Two Storey Dwelling Found Unacceptable
2020
Unlawful dwelling erected in rear garden
Prior approval for office to 16 flats lost through unlawful extensions and departure from plans
2019
Use of dwellinghouse for storage of building materials etc. and erection of canopy not immune from enforcement action
Wembley event parking use not immune from enforcement action
Dormer Roof Extension Unacceptable – Costs Awarded to Council
2018
Property Flats Not HMO
A common theme – Property turned into flats collecting the highest housing benefit rent as self-contained accommodation whilst claiming that the property is a HMO, which would attract a much lower housing benefit rate, in order to avoid planning regs.
Appellant claims invisible marquee is lawful. Appeal dismissed.
2018 Brent Appeal Decision
Properties flats, not HMO’s. Appellant had attempted to circumvent planning rules by removing tenants’ doors to create ‘shared’ bathrooms.
Event Day Parking Appeal Enforcement Notice Upheld
LB Brent v Clear Channel
9 convictions for unlawful advertisement displays, including left over steel poles.
2017
2017 Brent Appeal Decision
Unlawfully demolished house must be rebuilt in facsimile or according to planning permission.
2017 Brent HMO appeal decision
3 houses had been converted into flats rather than HMO’s as the appellant argued.
2017 Brent Appeal Decision
HMO use not immune from enforcement action but appellant used deliberate and positive deception in any event.
2017 Brent Prosecution
3 Defendants guilty of failing to comply with an Enforcement Notice requiring them to cease the use of a property as flats following evidence from Nigel Wicks.
2017 Medway Costs Judgement
LPA entitled to recover costs following aborted s178 direct action from land owner and the merits of employing specialists such as Enforcement Services.
2017 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use to flats no HMO
2017 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use to flats no HMO
2016
2016 Brent v Clear Channel
The court accepts the measurements undertaken by Mr. Wicks, as it is the volume of the new hoarding, its movement forward from the flank wall and the additional steel supports that are clearly demonstrated by the photographs in Exhibit 4 at pages numbered 32, 134, 235 and 236 that is a three fold increase on the Trivision hoarding volume
2016 Brent Appeal Decision
Shed for bed.
2016 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use from 6 to 10 flats
2015
2015 Brent Appeal Decision
Shed for bed.
2014
2014 Court of Appeal POCA Brent
Confiscation order in the total sum of £544,358 to be paid within six months, with a period of imprisonment in default of 5 years.
2014 Brent Appeal Decision
Erection of outbuilding.
2014 Brent Appeal Decision
Shed for bed.
2014 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use to HMO and 3 self-contained flats, erection of extensions and hard standing, and use as storage yard.
2013
2013 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use to shop and 5 self-contained flats.
2012
2012 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use from hotel to 26 self-contained flats and erection of outbuilding.
2012 Brent Appeal Decision
Erection of wooden decking and railings to form roof terrace.
2011
2011 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use of garage to self-contained flat
2011 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use to 5 flats.
2011 Brent Appeal Decision
Erection of side and rear extension, roof extension, and dormer window.
2011 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use to self-contained flat.
2011 Brent Appeal Decision
Erection of building in rear garden.
2010
2010 Brent Appeal Decision
Change of use from one to three flats.
2008
2008 High Court Blow Up Media v Lambeth
Removal of advertisement by Enforcement Services Ltd not unlawful.
2007
2007 Wandsworth Appeal Decision
BT Payphones Ltd replacement payphone kiosk and advertisement.
2007 Wiltshire DC Appeal Decision
Erection of timber shed and raised gardens.
2006
2006 Bucks CC Appeal Decision
Waste deposit, transfer, processing and materials salvage.
2005
2005 Wiltshire DC Appeal Decision
Unlawful breaking, repair, storage and modification of machinery
2004
2004 County Court Brent v Primesight
“Mr. Wicks has made a witness statement in which he sets out the Claimant’s case most cogently….It all seems perfectly reasonable to me and accordingly I give Judgment for the Claimant”
2002
2002 High Court Bucks CC v Briar
“Mr Wicks and his energetic methods”
2002 Barking and Dagenham Appeal Decision
Unlawful vehicle breaking and waste processing
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