®Planning appeal decision
2 College Road, LONDON, NW10 5EN
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the premises to short-term letting accommodation AND Without planning permission, the material change of use of the premises to an HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) (“the unauthorised change of use”)
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the developments on the supply of family housing
- the effect on the vitality of town centres
- the effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties and the occupiers of the appeal premises
- whether adequate provision is made for cycle parking
What decided it
The loss of family housing suitable for permanent occupation, combined with harmful impacts on neighbouring amenity through noise and disturbance from the transient nature of short-term letting use, outweighed the limited social and economic benefits claimed by the appellants.
The social and economic benefits of short-term letting provision were outweighed by the unacceptable loss of family housing and harmful effects on neighbouring living conditions.
Framework references: 91
Plan policies cited: Policy DMP1, Policy BH10, Policy H9, Policy BE9, Policy BH7, Policy D6, Policy BT1, Policy T5
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.