103 Lansbury Drive, Hayes, UB4 8RW

Prior Approval is for the Change of Use from Commercial to C3 Use Class (Dwelling House) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M

Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Robbie G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development benefits from the permission granted under the relevant section of the GPDO
Whether the proposed development would provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses
Whether the proposed development would be undesirable because of the impact of the change of use on the adequate provision of services currently provided by the appeal building

What decided it

The proposal failed to demonstrate adequate natural light to the habitable room and would undermine the continued adequate provision of retail services in an area sensitive to changes in commercial use.

Plan policies cited: Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2 policy DMTC3

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