Unit 6 Concord Business Centre, Concord Road, LONDON, W3 0TJ

without planning permission, the material change of use of the Property to use as a shisha café/nightclub (sui generis) (“the Unauthorised Development”)

Authority: Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Satheesan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the change of use on the function and operation of the designated Strategic Industrial Location (SIL)
Whether the change of use to a shisha café/nightclub use contributes to a safe and secure environment
The effect of the change of use on neighbouring occupiers of the SIL with particular regard to noise and disturbance
The adequacy of parking provision to serve the shisha café/nightclub use, and the effect of any lack of provision on surrounding businesses in the SIL and highway safety

What decided it

The unauthorised shisha café/nightclub use is fundamentally incompatible with the function and operation of the designated Strategic Industrial Location, causing unacceptable harm through loss of industrial capacity, anti-social behaviour, noise and disturbance to neighbouring businesses, and additional parking pressure in an area with poor public transport accessibility.

Framework references: 92, 97

Plan policies cited: Policy 1.1(c) of the London Borough of Ealing's Development Strategy Development Plan Document, 2012, Policy 3.2 of the Development Strategy, Policy E4 of the London Plan, 2021, Policy E5 of the London Plan, 2021, Policy D11 of the London Plan, Policy D3 of the London Plan, Policy 7A of the London Borough of Ealing Development Management Development Plan Document, 2013, Policy T1 of the London Plan, Policy T2 of the London Plan, Policy T4 of the London Plan, Policy T6 of the London Plan, Policy E1 of the OPDC DLP, Policy SP5 of the OPDC DLP, Policy SP3 of the OPDC DLP, Policy SP9 of the OPDC DLP, Policy D5 of the OPDC DLP, Policy SP7 of the OPDC DLP

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