®Planning appeal decision
15 Station Road, Known as 15B Station Road, Hayes, UB3 4BD
without planning permission the material change of use of the first floor of an ancillary storage building to a House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether suitable living conditions for existing and future occupiers of the House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) have been provided, having regard to internal floorspace and private outdoor amenity space
- The effect on highway safety, having regard to vehicle parking
What decided it
The HMO's failure to provide suitable living conditions due to restrictive internal floorspace and absence of private outdoor amenity space, combined with unacceptable harm to highway safety from the absence of off-street parking provision, meant the use did not accord with the Development Plan or the revised Framework.
The accessible location of the site and market demand for residential accommodation were outweighed by the significant harm to living conditions and highway safety; the Inspector extended the compliance period from three to six months to balance the need to remedy planning harm promptly against the practical difficulties for tenants in finding alternative accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy D6, DMP Policy DMH 5, DMP Policy DMHB 16, DMP Policy DMHB 18, DMP Policy DMT 2, DMP Policy DMT 6, DMP Policy DMHB 11, DMP Appendix C Table 1
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.