Heritage & commercial · 2023
Finchley Commercial & Residential Property | Ground-Floor Dwelling Confirmed Lawful
A Finchley high-street mixed-use property with a retained commercial shop at the front and a separate self-contained dwelling at the rear of the ground floor. Following an earlier refused retrospective application and a successfully challenged enforcement notice, Barnet issued a Certificate of Lawfulness for the established residential use on 8 August 2023.
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Scope of work
- Front ground-floor shop retained alongside separate rear residential accommodation
- Existing self-contained Class C3 dwelling established as lawful
- Mixed-use plans documenting separate commercial and domestic areas
- Earlier retrospective planning refusal and enforcement history addressed through appeal
- Barnet Certificate of Lawfulness issued 8 August 2023
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Planning outcome & drawing work
Barnet's Section 191 decision (23/2690/191, 8 August 2023) certifies the use of the rear ground-floor unit as a self-contained Class C3 dwelling. Its delegated report explains that earlier retrospective planning permission had been refused and an enforcement notice later quashed on appeal; the Council accepted evidence of continuous residential occupation exceeding four years under the legislation applicable to the historic case. This was not a fresh grant of planning permission for a new conversion.
Planning decisions at this property
21/6338/RCU · Refused; subsequent planning appeal dismissed
Earlier retrospective application concerning the rear ground-floor dwelling
View documents for 21/6338/RCU on Barnet Council ↗APP/N5090/C/22/3301974 · Enforcement notice quashed
Appeal against the enforcement notice relating to subdivision and residential use
23/2690/191 · Lawful — 8 August 2023
Section 191 Certificate of Lawfulness for rear ground-floor Class C3 dwelling
View documents for 23/2690/191 on Barnet Council ↗Approved documents referenced by the council
Existing architectural drawing P02A: ground-floor arrangement with retained shop and residential living/kitchen, bedroom, shower and access areas; also showing first-floor plan and rear elevation. The full original WEDRAWPLANS architectural sheet is displayed as supplied, retaining its title block and complete arrangement.
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How WEDRAWPLANS supported this approval
The project archive includes an existing floor-plan and rear-elevation sheet carrying the WEDRAWPLANS title block, illustrating the distinction between the ground-floor commercial premises and residential unit. The subsequent council certificate records the lawful status of the established dwelling; the available decision documents do not establish that WEDRAWPLANS acted as the planning appeal or certificate agent.
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