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Quashed On Legal Grounds3 July 20233297486

57 Newdigate Road, Harefield, Uxbridge, UB9 6EL

Planning appeal 3297486 at 57 Newdigate Road, Harefield, Uxbridge, UB9 6EL (London Borough of Hillingdon) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 3 July 2023 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the property has been subdivided into six self-contained flats or altered to a House in Multiple Occupation under permitted development, turning on the question of what constitutes a flat in planning terms.

without planning permission, the sub-division and material change of use of the dwellinghouse known as 57 Newdigate Road, Harefield into six (6) self-contained flats

Authority
London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Howell M
Postcode
UB9 6EL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the property has been subdivided into six self-contained flats or altered to a House in Multiple Occupation under permitted development, turning on the question of what constitutes a flat in planning terms

What decided it

The small kitchenettes with only plug-in cooking equipment, combined with the availability and necessity of using the communal kitchen, meant the property did not meet the Gravesham test for six separate self-contained flats.

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