Hayes Park North, Hayes Park, Hayes End Road, Hayes, UB4 8EE

Change of use of offices on all three floors into a total of 64 residential units comprising 6 x studios, 33 x one-bedroom, 19 x two- bedroom and 6 x three-bedroom units

Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Dowsett J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue in this appeal is whether the proposal is permitted development having regard to the provisions of Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended), and in particular whether the building is within the curtilage of a listed building.

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the appeal building was not within the curtilage of the Grade II* listed building, meaning the proposal fell within the scope of permitted development under Class O.

Framework references: 57

Judgments cited: Methuen-Campbell v Walters [1979] 1 QB 525; R (oao) Hampshire CC v Blackbushe Airport Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 398; Challenge Fencing v Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government [2019] EWHC 533 (Admin); Sumption v Greenwich LBC [2007] EWHC 2776 (Admin)

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