129A Broadway, LONDON, W13 9BE

without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to use as a shisha lounge

Authority: London Borough of Ealing
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Walker A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residential occupiers
the effect of the development on highway safety

What decided it

The significant and unmitigable harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residential occupiers from noise and shisha odours, arising from the necessarily open structure required for shisha lounge use.

The limited employment and sustainable-location benefits of the shisha lounge did not outweigh the significant harm caused to neighbours' living conditions and the resulting conflict with the development plan.

Plan policies cited: Policy 7A of the Ealing Development Management Development Plan Document (2013), Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policy 1.1 of Ealing's Development Strategy 2026 Development Plan Document (2012), Policies T1, T2, T4 and T6 of the London Plan, Policy 3.2 of the CS

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