®Planning appeal decision
29-31 Shepiston Lane, Hayes, London, UB3 1LJ
demolition of existing buildings and erection of a 3 storey plus basement 97 bedroom hotel (Use Class C1), together with soft and hard landscaping, servicing, cycle storage, car parking and refuse and recycling facilities
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of the existing occupiers of nearby dwellings with regard to privacy and noise and general disturbance
- highway safety with regard to egress from the site
What decided it
The significant social, economic and environmental benefits arising from the construction and operation of the hotel, including provision of additional tourist accommodation, employment and training opportunities, effective use of previously developed land, high quality design, and infrastructure improvements secured through the unilateral undertaking, outweighed the material increase in built form when considered against the absence of harm to the identified main issues subject to conditions.
The material increase in built form and intensification of use would cause no harm to character and appearance, living conditions or highway safety subject to conditions and the unilateral undertaking, and the significant social, economic and environmental benefits of the hotel development, including tourism provision, employment, investment, design quality and infrastructure improvements, were given substantial weight in favour of the proposal.
Framework references: 11, 56, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, Policy DMHB11, Policy DMHB12, Policy DMHB14, Policy DME5, Policy DMT1, Policy DMT2, Policy DMCI7, London Plan Policy D4, London Plan Policy D5, London Plan Policy D6, London Plan Policy DF1
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.