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Allowed29 June 20233316428

Land (Canal) Adjacent To The Old Orchard, Grand Union Canal Park Lane , Harefield, UB9 6DD

Planning appeal 3316428 at Land (Canal) Adjacent To The Old Orchard, Grand Union Canal Park Lane , Harefield, UB9 6DD (London Borough of Hillingdon) was allowed on 29 June 2023 by Inspector Sabu R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council behaved unreasonably with respect to the reason for refusal, causing the Applicant to incur unnecessary or wasted expense.

Development of land without complying with conditions subject to which a previous planning permission was granted (section 73 application)

Authority
London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Sabu R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the Council behaved unreasonably with respect to the reason for refusal, causing the Applicant to incur unnecessary or wasted expense

What decided it

The Council behaved unreasonably by determining the section 73 application on the mistaken basis that the permission was temporary, causing the Applicant to incur additional costs defending the reason for refusal.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments
John Leslie Finney v Welsh Ministers and others [2019] EWCA Civ 1868; Mikael Armstrong v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities & Cornwall Council [2023] EWHC 142 (KB)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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