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59 College Road, Wembley, HA9 8RN

25/2719Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 19 November 2025

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed change of use from single-family dwellinghouse to 4-bedroom/4-person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) with associated landscaping, cycle & refuse storage

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Preston
Agent
Sterling Town Planning
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 59 College Road, Wembley, HA9 8RN. Brent has handled 4,396 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Preston. We hold 1,977 applications in total for the HA9 postcode area.

77% of full applications at London Borough of Brent were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would result in a loss of a family sized dwelling, for which there is a significant need, and fail to deliver a suitable standard of internal amenity, due to the lack of a suitably sized communal living-room or kitchen and therefore would result in cramped and poor living conditions for the future occupants, contrary to Policies DMP1 & BH7 of Brent’s Local Plan (2019-2041) and the Houses in Multiple Occupation SPD (2022).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HA9 8RN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Consultation expiry
22 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 October 2025
Last date for comments
19 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sterling Town Planning
Agent address
58 Hassop Road, London, NW2 6RX

Appeal

Appeal reference
W/25/3376358

Appeal history

3376358
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 March 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14356198
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 for HMOs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Brent

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