®Planning appeal decision
Land situated and building known as 29 Lower Addiscombe Road, CROYDON, CR0 6PQ
without planning permission, the change of use of the shop premises at 29 Lower Addiscombe Road, Croydon into a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis use) and the erection of a vertical ducting flue on the rear elevation
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thomas N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the vertical ducting flue on the living conditions of adjoining occupiers with regard to outlook, noise and light
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the use having regard to its out-of-centre location in a shopping parade
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the use having regard to nearby schools
- The effect of the use on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to hours of use
What decided it
The harmful effects of the vertical ducting flue on neighbouring occupiers' living conditions combined with the unsuitability of the out-of-centre shopping parade location for a hot food takeaway use, which fails the sequential test and harms retail vitality.
The benefits of the business operation, employment provision and community service were given significant weight but did not outweigh the harm to neighbouring living conditions and the need to maintain shopping parade and town centre vitality through application of the sequential test.
Plan policies cited: CLP Policy DM6, CLP Policy DM8, CLP Policy DM10.6, CLP Policy DM23, London Plan Policy SD6, London Plan Policy SD7, London Plan Policy E9D, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D13, London Plan Policy D14
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