®Planning appeal decision
Condor House, 156 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BA
change of use of ground floor from retail to residential apartments
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the vitality and viability of the Biggin Hill Local Centre shopping frontage
- whether or not living conditions for future occupiers of the development would be acceptable with particular regard to light, outlook and ventilation
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the modest housing benefit and support for local centre vitality significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest harm to future occupiers' outlook.
The modest harm to living conditions from constrained outlook, which conflicted with Policies 4 and 37, was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the important benefit of adding 2 dwellings to housing supply in the context of a 3.31-year supply and the Framework's requirement to significantly boost housing, plus limited benefit from seating supporting the Local Centre.
Framework references: 11, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy 37, Policy 99, Policy 4
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.