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Planning application PAC/2025/2981

Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 February 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval for the change of use from offices (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) comprising of 15 flats with associated car parking, cycle and refuse storage.

Submitted
6 October 2025
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 135 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use. Hounslow has handled 27 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Hounslow's typical decision time. The site is in the Grand Union Canal and Boston Manor conservation area. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Syon & Brentford Lock.

57% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) applications at London Borough of Hounslow were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Reference
PAC/2025/2981
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Grand Union Canal & Boston Manor+1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Dwellinghouses (C3) to small HMOs (C4) - borough-wide Article 4 Direction
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Grand Union Canal and Boston Manor, Brentford
  • Brownfield land register: 155, High Street BrentfordRegister site at or near this address · +2 more

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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