Planning appeal decision
Point West Building, 1040 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, UB4 0RJ
Planning appeal 3347170 at Point West Building, 1040 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, UB4 0RJ (London Borough of Hillingdon) was dismissed on 20 October 2025 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the decision of the Council of the London Borough of Hillingdon to refuse to grant an LDC for the claimed use was well-founded.
a change of use to 6 studio flats (Certificate of Lawful Development for an Existing Use). Formal
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- UB4 0RJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the decision of the Council of the London Borough of Hillingdon to refuse to grant an LDC for the claimed use was well-founded
What decided it
The appellant failed to provide sufficiently precise and unambiguous evidence to establish on the balance of probability that the use as six self-contained studio flats had been uninterrupted for the requisite four-year period.
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