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163 Fortunegate Road, London, NW10 9RP

25/3538Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 4 March 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed conversion of dwellinghouse into a 5 bedroom 5 person House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and associated cycle and refuse storage

Received
18 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Roundwood
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 163 Fortunegate Road, London, NW10 9RP. Brent has handled 4,396 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Brent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across Roundwood. We hold 4,518 applications in total for the NW10 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 proposed HMO would be unacceptable in principle. More specifically, given its siting in a PTAL 1 zone and given its significant distance from a town centre, the proposed enlarged HMO is not in a priority location, would encourage greater car dependency for future occupiers and therefore the HMO would not be considered sustainable. The proposal therefore conflicts with policy BH7 (a) of the Brent Local Plan (2019-2041), and Brents HMO SPD..
  2. The proposal fails to provide a sufficient quality of accomodation. More specifically, given the shortage of the minimum required communal internal amenity space, poor privacy to bedroom 5, insufficient amenity spaces to bedrooms 1,3, 4 and 5, and lack of detailing of furniture/amenities for each communal and bedroom area, the proposal fails to comply with policy D6 of the London Plan and policy BH7 of the Brent local plan, as well as Brents HMO SPD.
  3. The proposal fails to include a HMO management plan and thus fails to adequately demonstrate how the proposed HMO mitigates against harm to neighbouring amenities in the form of excessive noise levels, anti-social behaviour and waste management. This is contrary to policy BH7 (c) of the Brent local plan and Brents HMO SPD..
  4. The application has not been accompanied with a fire statement or a Reasonable Exception Statement. Therefore, it has not been demonstrated that proposal has been designed to be fire safe and the application fails to comply with policy D12a of the London Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NW10 9RP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2026
Last date for comments
6 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14361729
Documents
7
Constraints
1

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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Source: Brent

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