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Planning Appeal Success – New House in Hillingdon

Planning appeal for new dwelling in Hillingdon

We’re pleased to report another successful planning appeal success against the London Borough of Hillingdon, this time for a new two-storey dwelling at 110 Apple Tree Avenue, in Uxbridge. Our client wanted to demolish an existing side extension and outbuilding and replace them with a new two-bedroom house attached to the existing property. The proposal would create […]

Planning Appeal for Side & Rear Extensions – Hillingdon Case Study

We are pleased to have won a planning appeal for side and rear extensions after the London Borough of Hillingdon refused planning permission. The proposed development included a single storey wraparound extension and a part double storey side and rear extension with crown roof. Internal alterations and a new garage space were also planned, along with new windows […]

Planning Appeal Success – First-floor Rear Extension in Hillingdon

Hillingdon Council has some very restrictive planning policies relating to homeowner extensions (especially policy DMHD 1 of the Local Plan Part 2) and applies them rigorously, sometimes – in our view, at least – unfairly refusing good schemes. In this case, the applicant wanted to extend his home by way of a first-floor rear extension. […]

Planning Appeal Success – Conservatory Extension in Hillingdon

photograph of a conservatory extension

We get lots of enquiries from people who have built an extension believing it to be permitted development (and therefore not needing planning permission at all), only to discover that it does not quite comply with the permitted development rules in some way and that they are at risk of enforcement action. In this case, […]

Planning Appeal Success – 8-Person HMO in Hillingdon

This case concerned an appeal against the refusal of planning permission for the conversion of a single dwellinghouse into an eight-person house in multiple occupation (HMO) in the London Borough of Hillingdon. HMOs with seven or more occupants fall outside the C4 use class and are treated as sui generis, meaning that planning permission is […]

Planning Permission Granted – Single-Storey Rear Extension in Hillingdon

Photograph of a house in north west London

This case concerned a planning application for a single-storey rear extension to a semi-detached house in Hayes. Although many rear extensions can be carried out under permitted development, the property is subject to an Article 4 direction which limits the depth of extensions that can be built without planning permission. As a result, a full […]

Planning Appeal Success – Change of Use to a Mix of House and Medical Clinic

Overview This case concerned an appeal against the refusal of planning permission for the use of part of a house as a small medical and professional clinic, alongside continued use as a dwellinghouse, at 13 Thorpland Avenue in Ickenham. The proposal involved a mixed use falling within Use Class C3 and Class E, comprising a […]

Appeal Success – Single-Storey Rear Extension in Hillingdon

Overview This case concerned an appeal against the refusal of planning permission for a single-storey rear extension at 40A Flamborough Road in Ruislip. The London Borough of Hillingdon refused the application on the grounds that the extension would harm the character and appearance of the area and would leave the dwelling with insufficient private amenity […]

Lawful Development Certificate Granted – Creation of Separate Dwellings

The four year rule The Town & Country Planning Act allows that development without planning permission becomes lawful after four years (the four year rule) or ten years (the ten year rule). The four year rule applies to physical development (such as building an extension) or a change of use creating a new dwelling. The […]