4 Stapenhill Road, Wembley, HA0 3JJ

Authority: London Borough of Brent
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector: Williams K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal addresses a local need
whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, having regard to relevant policies for the location of accommodation with additional support with particular regard to its accessibility to public transport
whether the proposed development would provide a suitable fire strategy
whether the proposed development would provide excessive parking

What decided it

The proposal failed to demonstrate it would meet an identified Brent need and would result in unacceptable car dependency due to the site's poor public transport accessibility, contrary to Policy BH7 of the Brent Local Plan.

Plan policies cited: London Plan 2021 Policy H12, London Plan Policy D12(A), London Plan Policy BH10, London Plan Policy T5, Brent Local Plan 2019-2041 Policy BH7, Brent Local Plan 2019-2041 Policy DMP1, Brent Local Plan 2019-2041 Policy BT2

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.