®Planning appeal decision
St Panteleimon Greek Orthodox Church, 660 Kenton Road, HARROW, HA3 9QN
Change of use from Class E(c)(i) (Financial Services) to C1 (hotel/guest house) to provide guest rooms associated with the international religious visitors to the adjacent church
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bennett T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether sufficient information has been presented to demonstrate that the loss of office space can be justified
- whether the proposed change of use would accord with the sequential test for hotel accommodation
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable accommodation for future guests with regard to its layout
What decided it
Insufficient information was submitted to demonstrate that all opportunities to re-let the office accommodation had been fully explored, contrary to the requirements of Policy DM32 Part D of the Development Management Policies Local Plan.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM32, Policy DM34, Policy DM1, Policy SD7, Policy E10, Policy D3, Policy D5, Policy D13
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.