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Notice upheld20 February 20263341781

25 York Avenue, Slough, SL1 3HW

Planning appeal 3341781 at 25 York Avenue, Slough, SL1 3HW (Slough Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 February 2026 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A Ground (b): whether the material change of use of the dwelling house to a large house in multiple occupation by more than six persons has occurred.

without planning permission, the material change of use of the dwelling house to a large house in multiple occupation (sui generis use) by more than six persons (‘the unauthorised change of use’)

Authority
Slough Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Hawkins S
Postcode
SL1 3HW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Appeal A Ground (b): whether the material change of use of the dwelling house to a large house in multiple occupation by more than six persons has occurred
  • Appeal A Ground (c): whether such change of use, if it occurred, constitutes a breach of planning control
  • Appeal B Ground (b): whether the material change of use of the outbuilding to a self-contained dwelling has occurred
  • Appeal B Ground (c): whether such change of use, if it occurred, constitutes a breach of planning control

What decided it

The Council's precise and unambiguous witness evidence of the actual occupation and use of both the main building as a large HMO and the outbuilding as a self-contained dwelling, combined with the absence of any planning permission for these material changes of use, established breaches of planning control on the balance of probability.

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