®Planning appeal decision
Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, Yiewsley, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7QX
the demolition of an existing building and its replacement with an up to 8-storey building comprising residential units and associated car parking, landscaping and amenity space
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers with respect to the provision of external amenity space
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of occupiers of Fitzroy Court, with particular respect to sunlight, daylight and outlook
- Whether the proposed development would deliver all necessary planning obligations to satisfy the requirements of local and national policies
What decided it
The mirror-image daylight assessment demonstrated that Fitzroy Court's own proximity to the boundary meant it took more than its fair share of light, justifying the daylight reduction as acceptable and tipping the balance in favour of the scheme.
The benefits of well-designed housing delivery, accordance with the site allocation, and comprehensive regeneration outweighed the under-provision of on-site amenity space and the material deterioration in daylight to Fitzroy Court.
Plan policies cited: Policy D6 (London Plan), DMHB12, BE1, DMHB 10, DMHB 11, D1, D2, D3, D8, D9, DMHB 18, H5, DMH7, DMEI 1, DMEI 2, DMCI 4, DMC1 7, DF1, SA38, DMHB 17, SI 1, SI 2, SI 4, T4, EM8, DMEI 14, D7, D11, D12
Judgments cited: Rainbird v The Council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2018] EWHC 657 (Admin)
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