®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to the Rear of 49 - 51, Tudor Road, Harrow , HA3 5PQ
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
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021, Policy CS1B of the Harrow Core Strategy 2012, Policy DM1 of the Council's Development Plan Policies, July 2013, Policy CS1P of the Harrow Core Strategy, Policy 31 of the Development Plan Policies
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.