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Allowed18 December 20253354164

74 Kingsley Road , Hounslow , TW3 1QA

Planning appeal 3354164 at 74 Kingsley Road , Hounslow , TW3 1QA (London Borough of Hounslow) was allowed on 18 December 2025 by Inspector Braithwaite J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the office use subsisted continuously for the ten year period prior to the date of the application and is thus immune from enforcement action.

Change of use of part of a dwellinghouse to an office

Authority
London Borough of Hounslow
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
employment-industrial · Householder developments
Inspector
Braithwaite J
Postcode
TW3 1QA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the office use subsisted continuously for the ten year period prior to the date of the application and is thus immune from enforcement action

What decided it

The Non Domestic Rate Notices and Statutory Declarations provided sufficient precise and unambiguous evidence that the office use subsisted continuously for the ten year period prior to the application date.

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