Former David Lloyd Tennis Club, Greenford Road, GREENFORD, UB6 0UX

Change of use from tennis court (Use Class F2(c) to external car storage (Use Class B8); installation of fence; installation of door

Authority: London Borough of Ealing
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: O'Brien L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the MOL, including any effect on openness, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The proposal would cause substantial harm to the openness of the MOL as inappropriate development, and the limited benefits identified do not clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.

Framework references: 147, 148, 149, 150, 151

Plan policies cited: Policy G3 London Plan 2021, Policy G2 London Plan 2021, Policy 2.18 Ealing Development Management Development Plan Document 2013

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