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4 Balfour Avenue Hanwell W7 3HS

234769FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 19 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) to House in Multiple Occupation (Large HMO) (Use Class Sui Generis) for 8 occupants

Received
29 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
17
Ward
Hanwell Broadway
Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Balfour Avenue Hanwell W7 3HS. Ealing has handled 3,938 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Ealing's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 121 applications across Hanwell Broadway. We hold 681 applications in total for the W7 postcode area.

82% of full applications at London Borough of Ealing were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
W7 3HS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2023
Consultation expiry
2 January 2024
Consultation start
8 December 2023
Consultation end
22 December 2023
Target decision date
23 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Old Fire Station EC Salt Lane SALISBURY SP1 1DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice end
2 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12637126
Documents
8
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Ealing

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