®Planning appeal decision
1a Mount Drive, HARROW, HA2 7RW
Without planning permission, the construction of a single-storey front porch (“Unauthorised Development”); and Without planning permission, the material change of use of the property from C3 dwelling house to HMO (house in multiple occupation) in excess of six persons "Sui Generis" (“Unauthorised use")
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the front porch on the character and appearance of the host building and the area
- The effect of the use of the property as a HMO on the living conditions of current and future occupiers of the HMO, with particular regard to floor space, layout, daylight and outlook
- The effect of the use of the property as an HMO on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The development fails to provide acceptable living conditions for both HMO occupiers and neighbouring residents, and the front porch harms the character and appearance of the area, contrary to the development plan.
Plan policies cited: Core Policy CS1, Policy DM1, Policy DM26, Policy DM30, Policy D3
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