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Lidl Great Britain Limited, 23 Foots Cray High Street, Sidcup, DA14 5HJ
Planning appeal 3263636 at Lidl Great Britain Limited, 23 Foots Cray High Street, Sidcup, DA14 5HJ (London Borough of Bexley) was allowed on 18 June 2021 by Inspector McCreery D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would result in the loss of industrial floorspace when regard is paid to planning policy on the location of such uses.
demolition of existing buildings and erection of a new discount foodstore with offices and five terraced houses with associated car parking and landscaping
- Authority
- London Borough of Bexley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- mixed-use · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- McCreery D
- Postcode
- DA14 5HJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would result in the loss of industrial floorspace when regard is paid to planning policy on the location of such uses
- Whether there are any other material considerations which would justify the development being determined other than in accordance with the development plan
What decided it
The significant benefits of office provision, improved retail provision, and housing delivery, combined with the practical unsuitability of the site for certain industrial uses due to its access arrangements, outweighed the conflict with development plan policies protecting the Strategic Industrial Location.
The conflict with development plan policies protecting industrial floorspace in the Strategic Industrial Location was outweighed by the significant benefits of office provision, improved retail provision for the local area, housing delivery, and the site's functional independence from the wider Foots Cray Business Area
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy E5 (London Plan 2021)Policy E3 (UDP)Policy E6 (UDP)Policy CS12 (Core Strategy)Policy CS14 (Core Strategy)Policy E14 (UDP)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 81Paragraph 80Paragraph 68
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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