1 Gould Road, Feltham

6008707·Hounslow·22 Sept 2026dismissed·P/2026/0295

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶10

“access to public transport and local services”

Summary

This was an 8-person HMO in a detached Feltham house with PTAL 1b, about 1.4 km from the nearest designated town centre. The appeal was dismissed on location alone. The inspector used DP3(2)(a), a design principle about good connections and prioritising walking and public transport. Through DP3(3), which says refuse, poor accessibility became a substantial-weight harm alongside TR3. Together they substantially outweighed the limited housing-choice benefit under S4.

The location finding

TR3: fail. PTAL 1b; about 1.4km to nearest designated town centre; bus routes and frequencies not evidenced (DL 7-9, 16)

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. generic.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6008707.txt

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