115-117 Uxbridge Road, London, W12 8NL

1. 1.In the absence of information on the site's continued suitability for employment purposes; justification as to why the proposed restaurant/café use would deliver greater overall benefit; or evidence of unsuccessful marketing of the unit the loss of the existing employment use is considered unacceptable, as it would reduce the availability of employment floorspace—particularly for small and medium sized enterprises, for which there is demonstrable demand—and could consequently harm local employment provision. The proposals are therefore contrary to the requirements, aims and objectives of Policies E1 and E2 of the London Plan (2021), and Policies E1 and E2 of the Local Plan (2018).
2. 2.The proposed use is unacceptable in principle. The introduction of a further restaurant/café would increase the concentration of food establishments in an area where such uses are already prevalent along Uxbridge Road. As a result, the proposal would fail to contribute to a balanced mix of uses that meet local needs and would undermine the quality, vitality, and viability of the local shopping parades and Uxbridge Road as a whole. The development is therefore contrary to the objectives of Policies E2, TLC1 and TLC4 of the Local Plan (2018).
3. 3.The operational phase of the proposed use is considered to be unacceptable in the interests of residential amenity. More particularly, in the absence of an acceptable and agreed approach for the management of servicing, deliveries and waste connected to the proposed use, the application has failed to demonstrate the proposed development would not cause undue noise and disturbance to surrounding residents from vehicles associated with the operational phase. In this respect the proposal fails to comply with Policies CC11 and CC13 of the Local Plan (2018) and Key Principles NN1 and NN4 of the Planning Guidance (2018).
4. 4.The proposed extract duct is considered to cause an unacceptable impact upon the amenity of neighbouring occupiers in terms of environmental nuisance. More particularly, the proposal has failed to adequately demonstrate the extract duct does not cause unacceptable noise, vibration and odour impacts to neighbouring occupiers. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies CC11 and CC13 of the Local Plan (2018) and Key Principles NN1, NN4 and NN7 of the Planning Guidance (2018).
5. 5.The proposed development is considered to be unacceptable on highways and transportation grounds. The scheme fails to demonstrate that adequate provision of long- stay cycle storage would be achieved, contrary to Policy T5 of the London Plan (2021), Policy T3 of the Local Plan (2018), the West London Cycle Parking Guidance and London Cycling Design Standards (LCDS) (Chapter 8). In the absence of details of trip generation; and an acceptable and agreed approach for the management of servicing, deliveries and waste connected to the operational phase of the proposed use, the application has failed to demonstrate the proposed development would not prejudice the effectiveness of Uxbridge Road, which is a London Distributor Road; that safe pedestrian and cyclist access will be maintained; and that vehicular movements would not adversely impact highway safety and on-street car parking demands in the vicinity, contrary to Policy T7 of the London Plan (2021), and Policies T2, T6 and CC7 of the Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

W12 8NL

Application type

Full Planning Application

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

9 June 2026

Consultation expiry

8 July 2026

Consultation start

9 June 2026

Consultation end

8 July 2026

Neighbour consultation start

9 June 2026

Application expires

9 July 2026

Statutory period

30 days

First advertised

17 June 2026

Site notice start

17 June 2026

Documents

17