®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed19 February 20243307370
Watercress Beds, Springwell Lane, Hillingdon, Harefield, WD3 8UX
reuse of a redundant building for residential use with a small curtilage
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Williams K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the development plan and the Framework including the effect upon the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- The safety of future occupiers with regard to flood risk
- Whether it has been shown that the building is redundant, with particular regard to continued office use
- The personal circumstances of the appellant
What decided it
The unresolved flood risk to future occupiers, particularly children, combined with failure to demonstrate the building's redundancy for office use, outweighed the personal circumstances and housing benefits of the proposal.
Framework references: 155, 167, 173
Plan policies cited: Policy DMEI 4, Policy G2, Policy EM6, Policy DMEI 9, SI12, Policy DMH 3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.