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Workshop, 259A Water Road, Wembley, HA0 1HX

26/0791Full planning permissionRefused
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Refused on 5 June 2026

3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed alteration to front fenestration including removal of shutters and installation of new frontage to workshop

Submitted
10 April 2026
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Workshop, 259A Water Road, Wembley, HA0 1HX. Brent has handled 580 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Alperton. We hold 2,304 applications in total for the HA0 postcode area.

70% of full planning permission 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 alteration to the front fenestration, including the removal of the roller shutter and installation of a shopfront style frontage, would introduce an inappropriate and non industrial form of development within a Strategic Industrial Location. The proposal would fail to support the continued industrial function of the site and would be harmful to the character and integrity of the industrial area, contrary to Policy BE2 of the Brent Local Plan and Policy E5 of the London Plan.
  2. The proposed development, by reason of its shopfront design, including extensive glazing and advertisement style frontage, would appear visually incongruous and out of keeping with the established industrial character of the area, resulting in harm to the character and appearance of the streetscene. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy DMP1 of the Brent Local Plan.
  3. The proposed development would result in the loss of the existing off street servicing facility and appears to introduce a customer facing frontage, likely increasing trips to the site, without providing adequate servicing arrangements, assessment or mitigation. This would be detrimental to highway safety and the operation of the local road network and is therefore contrary to Policy BT3 of the Brent Local Plan and Policy T2 of the London Plan

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
HA0 1HX
Application type
Full planning permission

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
ENG CONSULTING LIMITED

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+1 more
  • 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.

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