®Planning appeal decision
209-213 Hanworth Road, Hounslow, London, TW3 3UA
a part two and three storey building for a Social, Emotional & Mental Health school for 90 pupils and three blocks ranging from three to five storeys in height comprising of 124 residential units with associated works, access, landscaping, refuse stores, car and cycle parking
- Authority
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Boniface M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on neighbouring uses (agent of change principle), with particular regard to noise arising from the adjacent Gurdwara
- The effect on neighbours, with particular regard to potential overlooking, loss of privacy and loss of light affecting properties on Perkin Close
- Whether suitable living conditions would be created for future residential occupants, with particular regard to amenity and play space
What decided it
The significant benefits of housing, affordable housing and SEND school delivery were found to significantly outweigh the limited harms identified, particularly given that suitable living conditions for both existing neighbours and future occupiers could be secured.
The significant benefits of housing and educational provision outweighed the limited harms (to neighbours' living conditions, to the non-designated heritage significance of the Gurdwara, and from a shortfall in on-site amenity/play space), such that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole and permission was granted.
Plan policies cited: Policy IMP2, Policy D13, Policy D14, Policy EQ5, Policy D3, Policy CC2, Policy SC4, Policy SC5
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.