115-117 High Street, HOUNSLOW, TW3 1QT

the redevelopment of the site to create Use Class E on the ground and in the basement and 15 dwellings above (Use Class C3)

Authority: London Borough of Hounslow
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Rafferty C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to outlook and provision of communal external amenity space
the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties with regard to outlook, light, and privacy
noise
flood risk

What decided it

The cumulative adverse effects on character and appearance, living conditions of future and neighbouring occupiers, and inadequate communal amenity space outweighed the benefits of optimising the site with high-density housing on previously developed land.

The benefits of high-density housing development on previously developed land in a high street location would not outweigh the identified harm to character and appearance, living conditions of future and neighbouring occupiers, and inadequate communal external amenity space.

Plan policies cited: Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D4 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D5 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D8 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D14 of the London Plan 2021, Policy SI13 of the London Plan 2021, Policy CC1 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy CC2 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy TC2 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy SC3 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy SC4 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy SC5 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy EQ3 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy EQ5 of the London Borough of Hounslow Local Plan 2015-2030

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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