39 Station Road, WEST DRAYTON, UB7 7LN

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Authority: London Borough of Hillingdon
Appeal type: commercial · Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: advertisement · Householder developments
Inspector: Gardner L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed advertisements on the amenity of the area

What decided it

The proposed advertisements would introduce a harmful combination of high-level and vertical illumination that would be visually obtrusive and detrimental to the amenity of the area, with modest economic benefits insufficient to outweigh this harm.

Plan policies cited: Policy BE1 of the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part One – Strategic Policies (2012), Policy DMHB 11 of the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part Two – Development Management Policies (2020), Policy DMHB 13 of the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part Two – Development Management Policies (2020), Policy DMHB 13A of the Hillingdon Local Plan: Part Two – Development Management Policies (2020), Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021)

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