Bike Point, at 1B Manser Road, has been handed a planning enforcement notice from Havering Council, ordering it to stop using the land for the repair, servicing, hire and sales of motorbikes.
The repair shop has until August 7 to remove all motorcycles, mopeds and equipment from the site, as well as to take down all adverts from the land.
Any rubbish or debris from getting rid of the equipment must also be removed.
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If it fails to do so, the business owner could be prosecuted or face further action from the council.
The enforcement notice says that Bike Point changed the use of land to the west side of 1 Manser Road – to use it for the repair and servicing of motor vehicles – without planning permission.
This breach of planning rules appears to have taken place “within the last 10 years”, according to the notice, and continued despite a retrospective application getting refused in May.
The notice said the land’s use as a motorbike repair centre is “unacceptably detrimental” to neighbouring properties, and that the machinery on site causes “noise and disturbance” to residents.
It adds that it fails to provide enough off-street parking, therefore leading to overspill and “parking stress” or the nearby streets.
Havering Council served the enforcement notice to a number of names and addresses, including Paul Kitt, Jan Kitt, Mehar Hussain and Maidul Islam, who have the right to appeal before July 7.
The owner of Bike Point told us that they were “planning to move the business within a few weeks” before the notice was issued.
