COMMITTEE REPORT PROFORMA - London Borough of Hillingdon

1. The application is considered to be an overdevelopment of the site
having regard to its density, the size of the building and parking area
footprints, the inadequate setback of Block A to Hayes End Road, the
lack of useable amenity space and the impact on existing trees. In this
regard the development is contrary to Policies H6, BE19, BE21 and
BE23 of the Hillingdon adopted Unitary Development Plan and the
Council’s Design Guide ‘Residential Layouts and House Design’.
2. The design of the building fronting Uxbridge Road combined with its
height, bulk and scale is considered to have an overbearing impact on
the street scene and character of the area. In this regard the
development is contrary to Policies BE 13, BE19, BE21 and OE1 of the
Hillingdon adopted Unitary Development Plan and the Council’s Design
Guide ‘Residential Layouts and House Design’.
3. The development fails to provide an adequate amount of conveniently
located usable amenity space that will not impinge on the amenities of
future occupiers. In this regard the development is contrary to policy
BE23,BE24 and OE1 of the Hillingdon adopted Unitary Development
Plan and the Council’s Design Guide ‘Residential Layouts and House
Design’.
4. The development is considered to have an adverse impact on the
landscaped character of the site having regard to the proposed removal
of a number of significant trees and the lack of adequate replacement
landscaping. The development is therefore considered to be contrary to
policies OL3, OL26, BE13, BE19 and BE24 of the Hillingdon adopted
Unitary Development Plan.
5. The development is considered to provide inadequate parking (car,
motorcycle and bicycle) having regard to Council’s revised parking
standards (December 2001), the inadequacy of on-street parking in the
vicinity of the site and the local parking problems in the area. The
development is therefore considered to be contrary to policies AM14
and AM15 of the Hillingdon adopted Unitary Development Plan.
(3) CONSIDERATIONS
(3)(a) Site and Locality
The application site is a corner property located at the intersection of Uxbridge
and Hayes End Road. The site is rectangular in shape and has an area of 0.37
hectares with frontages of 45m to Uxbridge Road and 70m to Hayes End Road.
The site adjoins the Green Belt and a locally listed building (Laburnum Villa) and
brick wall to the north, residential development (with ground floor commercial) to
the east, Hayes End Road to the west and Uxbridge Road to the south. On the
other side of Hayes End Road is a mix of one and two-storey commercial and
industrial uses and to the south of Uxbridge Road is a mix of two-storey
commercial and residential properties.
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