Appeal 3346790
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
Read the development description and the Inspector’s text from the official decision PDF in source order. Source headings are retained where available. Personal and contact details are removed by an automated privacy filter; this is source material, not Rules for You analysis.
Section 01
Development description
‘retention of existing driveway surfacing’.
Section 02
[name]
Planning permission is required only for the specified development and no distinction is made against proposals for development and those made retrospectively. I have therefore deleted the words ‘retention of existing’ from the description of development in the decision that follows.
Section 03
Decision
The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for driveway surfacing at [site address] in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref 31872/APP/2024/677.
Section 04
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the appeal proposal on the character and appearance of the host property and the surrounding area.
Section 05
Reasons
The front drive of the appeal property has already been surfaced with white slabs. Whilst the surfacing is nonpermeable, the use of a channel drain along the front of the paving prevents surface water discharge onto the highway.
Within the surrounding area are paved frontages comprising a number of different materials, including red or grey paving blocks and gravel. Some are enclosed by boundary treatments, others, like the appeal site, have open frontages. The appellant acknowledges that the driveway tiles are a new material within the area. I accept that their appearance may have weathered somewhat since the Council’s decision was made, however the tiles do not have a reflective or shiny finish as stated. The materials used for the drive do not dominate or detract from the appearance of the host dwelling or the surrounding area.
Furthermore, the evidence indicates that the works undertaken could be considered to constitute ‘permitted development’, with no requirement to change the materials used. Whilst such a determination it is not a matter for consideration this appeal, the potential fallback position is a material consideration which attracts significant weight.
For the reasons set out above and having regard to all other matters raised, I conclude that the proposal would not harm the character and appearance of the host property or the surrounding area. It therefore complies with the design requirements of Policy DMHD 1 of the Hillingdon Local Plan: [name] - Development Management Policies (2020).
Accordingly, the appeal is allowed. As the development has already been carried out, there is no need to impose any conditions.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 322No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 29 August 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 10 August 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3346790
- Application reference
- 31872/APP/2024/677
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- London Borough of Hillingdon
- Planning authority code
- E09000017
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Householder developments
- Appeal type reason
- 1. Refused planning permission
- Appeal reason
- Refusal
- Type detail
- Planning Appeals - Full
- Jurisdiction
- Transferred
- Link status
- Not Linked
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- Not recorded
- Floor space
- Not recorded
- Number of residences
- 0
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- No
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Not recorded
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- Not recorded
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Allowed
- Decision category
- Allowed
- Received date
- 21 June 2024
- Valid date
- 21 June 2024
- Start date
- 12 July 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 5 June 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 29 August 2024
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- No
- Bespoke
- No
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Horizon
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 56312
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21