®Planning appeal decision
10 Stansfield Road, London, SW9 9RZ
Planning appeal 3264672 at 10 Stansfield Road, London, SW9 9RZ (London Borough of Lambeth) was dismissed on 29 November 2021 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development provides for acceptable living conditions for existing and future occupiers and the effect on housing mix having regard to local and national planning policy.
Without planning permission the intentional unauthorised: material change of use of the premises from a single dwellinghouse to three self-contained flats (‘the three unauthorised flats’); erection of a single storey rear extension with parapet walls and roof terrace (‘the unauthorised rear extension’); and erection of side and rear rendered breezeblock boundary walls to 3m in height in the rear garden (one along the boundary with number 12 Stansfield Road and one along the rear boundary) (‘the two unauthorised boundary walls’)
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- SW9 9RZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development provides for acceptable living conditions for existing and future occupiers and the effect on housing mix having regard to local and national planning policy
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to privacy and outlook
- The effect on the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area
- Whether the development supports sustainable travel
What decided it
The conversion fails to provide acceptable living conditions for existing and future occupiers due to inadequate internal and external space, poor natural light and outlook, and conflicts with multiple development plan policies on housing standards, neighbour amenity, character and sustainable travel.
The growth objectives of the London Plan and need to provide accommodation for different housing sectors do not outweigh the identified harm to living conditions of occupiers and neighbours, character and appearance, and sustainable travel objectives.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H6Policy H5Policy D6Policy Q2Policy Q5Policy Q7Policy Q11Policy Q12Policy Q13Policy Q15Policy T6Policy H2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 64
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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