®Planning appeal decision
Unit 9 Griffin Centre, Staines Road, FELTHAM, TW14 0HS
‘change of use for a temporary period of three years from Class E business/industrial and service use (former B1 business use) and B8 storage and distribution to a mixed Sui Generis Use for charity administration office, a community advice service offices, educational classes and workshops and storage facility for the charity ’
- Authority
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brownless E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the material change of use on the supply of employment land within the borough
- Whether the location of the appeal site is appropriate for the material change of use with particular regard to development plan policy for the provision of new community facilities
- The benefits of the facility to people of Afghanistan and Central Asian heritage
What decided it
The significant benefits of the charity's operations in meeting social aims, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations for vulnerable refugee communities outweighed the temporary conflict with development plan policies when a temporary three-year permission was granted, allowing the charity time to find alternative premises while continuing its essential services.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy ED2, Policy IMP2, Policy CI1, Policy EC2
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.