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Notice varied and upheld29 September 20253318115

Land Adjacent to the Rear of 49 - 51, Tudor Road, Harrow , HA3 5PQ

Planning appeal 3318115 at Land Adjacent to the Rear of 49 - 51, Tudor Road, Harrow , HA3 5PQ (London Borough of Harrow) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 29 September 2025 by Inspector Curnow R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: In respect of the material change of use, the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.

Without planning permission: 1 The unauthorised material change of use of the Land for storage and sale of motor vehicles (Sui Generis) (“Unauthorised Use”); and 2 The unauthorised construction of single storey wooden and perspex canopy on the Land as shown hatched blue on the attached Plan 2 ("Unauthorised Operations")

Authority
London Borough of Harrow
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Curnow R
Postcode
HA3 5PQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • In respect of the material change of use, the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
  • In respect of the material change of use, the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupants of nearby residential properties by way of outlook and noise generation
  • In respect of the operational development, the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The intensive commercial use of the land for car sales is fundamentally at odds with the overwhelmingly residential character of the area and causes significant harm to the outlook of nearby residential occupants, which cannot be adequately mitigated by conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021Policy CS1B of the Harrow Core Strategy 2012Policy DM1 of the Council's Development Plan Policies, July 2013Policy CS1P of the Harrow Core StrategyPolicy 31 of the Development Plan Policies

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