®Planning appeal decision
21 Southfield Road, ENFIELD, EN3 4BU
the creation of a 5 bedroom house of multiple occupation to be occupied by up to 5 persons (Use Class C4)
- Authority
- London Borough of Enfield
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development provides satisfactory living conditions for residents, having particular regard to a communal kitchen
- whether the development achieves an appropriate energy efficiency standard
- whether the development meets the travel needs of residents
- whether the development provides adequate facilities for the storage and collection of refuse and re-cycling
What decided it
The inadequate communal kitchen facilities and layout resulting in unacceptable living conditions for up to five resident adults, combined with failure to achieve appropriate energy efficiency standards, conflicted with the development plan and could not be outweighed by the limited benefits of the HMO use.
The limited benefits of providing specialised lower-cost HMO accommodation were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to living conditions from an inadequate communal kitchen and the limited harm from failure to incorporate energy efficiency measures.
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy Policy CP4, Core Strategy Policy CP20, Core Strategy Policy CP24, Development Management Policy DMD5, Development Management Policy DMD8, Development Management Policy DMD37, Development Management Policy DMD45, Development Management Policy DMD50, London Plan Policy T6.1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.