®Planning appeal decision
Land to the North side of Vineries Close, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 0JH
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land known as Zenith Compound, Vineries Close, West Drayton, UB7 0JH for the storage and sale of motor vehicles
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use for storage and sale of motor vehicles constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt, the Development Plan and the Framework
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- The effect on the living conditions of occupiers of adjoining residential property, having regard to noise and disturbance
- The effect on highway safety
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations. If so, whether this would amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with significant harm to character and appearance, living conditions, and highway safety, is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 150
Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy G2, London Plan Policy T4, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 1-Strategic Policies Policy EM2, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2-Development Management Policies Policy DMEI 4, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 1-Strategic Policies Policy BE1, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2-Development Management Policies Policy DMHB 11, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2-Development Management Policies Policy DMHB 12, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2-Development Management Policies Policy DMT 1, Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2-Development Management Policies Policy DMT 2
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