®Planning appeal decision
Paddington Packet Boat Public House, High Road, Uxbridge, UB8 2HT
Demolition of the public house (Sui Generis) and erection of purpose-built student accommodation (Sui Generis) and associated common areas and facilities, landscaping, amenity space, bicycle and motorcycle parking, and refuse storage without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 1058/APP/2021/3423 dated 8 September 2023
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Martinson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site would accord with development plan policies with regard to location
- whether the proposal accords with development plan policies with regard to affordable student accommodation
- the effect of the proposal on heritage assets, including the Paddington Packet Inn, and the Grade II listed Old Cottage and Barnacre, including settings
What decided it
The public benefits of securing purpose-built student accommodation, including affordable student rooms and redevelopment of a vacant brownfield site, were found to considerably outweigh the harm from the loss of the non-designated heritage asset.
the benefits of providing PBSA, including affordable student accommodation and the redevelopment of a vacant brownfield site, considerably outweighed the harm arising from the permanent loss of the non-designated heritage asset
Framework references: 216, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy H15 (London Plan), Policy H5 (London Plan), Policy HE1 Hillingdon Local Plan Part 1 (2012), Policy HC1 (London Plan), Policy DMHB 1 HLP P2, Policy DMHB2 HLP P2, Policy DMHB 3 HLP P2, Policy H2 Hillingdon LP Part 1 (2012), Policy DMH7 Hillingdon LP Part 2, Policy DMCI 7 Hillingdon Local Plan: Part 2 (2020), Policy DF1 (London Plan), Policy T5 (London Plan 2021), Policy SI 1 (London Plan 2021)
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment [1982]; Wessex Regional Health Authority v SSE [1984]; Wadehurst Properties v SSE & Wychavon DC [1990]; Breckland DC v SSE and T. Hill [1992]; Finney v Welsh Ministers & Ors [2019]; Armstrong v Secretary of State for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities and Another [2023]
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.