®Planning appeal decision
Old Barn House High Road, Eastcote, Hillingdon, HA5 2EW
erection of two semi-detached dwellinghouses with associated parking and landscaping
- Authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Owen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effects of the development on the character and appearance of the area including its trees and the Eastcote Village Conservation Area
- The effects of the development on biodiversity
- The effects of the development on the setting of Old Barn House, a Grade II listed building
- Highway safety, in respect of parking provision
- Fire safety
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the Eastcote Village Conservation Area through backland development and loss of mature trees, combined with the failure to provide an ecological assessment to protect species, outweighed the moderate public benefits of the proposal.
Plan policies cited: London Plan (2021) policy HC1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 1 (2012) policy HE1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMHB 1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMHB 4, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMHB 11, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMHB 14, London Plan policy G7, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMH6, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMEI 7, London Plan policy G6, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMHB 2, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMT 1, Hillingdon Local Plan Part 2 (2020) policy DMT 2, London Plan policy T4, London Plan policy D12
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.