®Planning appeal decision
15A Station Road, HAYES, UB3 4BD
without planning permission the material change of use of a residential flat to a House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it was too late to take enforcement action against the breach of planning control (ground d)
- Whether the requirements of the notice are excessive (ground f)
- Whether the time specified for compliance falls short of what should reasonably be allowed (ground g)
What decided it
The appellant's failure to provide evidence demonstrating that the material change of use to a large HMO occurred more than ten years before the enforcement notice was issued meant the ground (d) appeal could not succeed.
The balance struck between remedying planning harm as soon as practicable and affording tenants a reasonable amount of time to find suitable alternative accommodation, resulting in a six-month compliance period.
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.