Unit 9 Griffin Centre, Staines Road, Feltham, TW14 0HS

Planning appeal 3325892 at Unit 9 Griffin Centre, Staines Road, Feltham, TW14 0HS (London Borough of Hounslow) was allowed on 6 June 2025 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the material change of use on the supply of employment land within the borough.

‘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
Postcode: TW14 0HS

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ED2Policy IMP2Policy CI1Policy EC2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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