Pavement outside 137 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick Data via plota.co.uk

P/2026/0937 - PF-Full Applications Refused

Proposal

Installation of a double sided digital communication hub Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Mar 2026
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Refused
21 May 2026
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Appeal dismissed
25 Sept 2026

Refused on 21 May 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents 16

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
Local nature reserve about 68 m away: Gunnersbury Triangle
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Archaeological priority area: Possible medieval hamlet around the Green
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Ealing AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Chiswick Park Underground Station, Including Two Platforms With Canopies and Shelters and Shops to Either Side of Ticket Hall, Grade II, about 45 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project about 822 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 822 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area about 47 m away: Acton Green; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre about 18 m away: Chiswick.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Hounslow
Application type
PF-Full Applications
Received
12 Mar 2026
Validated
12 Mar 2026
Ward
Chiswick Homefields
Case officer
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Decision date
21 May 2026
Appeal
Dismissed · 25 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6012328 ↗
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How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 14 days slower than Hounslow's median of 56 for signs and adverts. Refused, as 29% of signs and adverts here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
93decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Hounslow in the last twelve months, from validation. Hounslow decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Mar 2026
Comments by
15 May 2026
Site or press notice
24 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
7 May 2026
Hounslow
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#268 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hounslow is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #203 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Hounslow is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 75% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 75% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hounslow decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
71%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #294 of 296
75%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #293 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #203 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #208 of 296
38%
Minor dwellings approved
82 decided (1-9 homes)
93%
Major dwellings approved
14 decided (10+ homes)
29%
Change of use approved
72 decided
1,191
Total decisions
340 refused in the year to March 2026