®Planning appeal decision
Alperton Manufacturing Estate, Mount Pleasant, Alperton, London, HA0 1NR
Planning appeal 3266416 at Alperton Manufacturing Estate, Mount Pleasant, Alperton, London, HA0 1NR (London Borough of Brent) was allowed on 8 September 2021 by Inspector Rollings G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the scheme would provide the maximum reasonable level of affordable housing.
demolition and erection of a mixed use development of buildings ranging between 3 and 14 storeys in height comprising residential units (use class C3), flexible commercial floorspace falling within use classes A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, D1 or D2 (E, F1, F2 and sui generis public house, wine bar, drinking establishment or drinking establishment with expanded food provision from September 2020), associat ed car parking, landscaping and ancillary facilities (phased development)
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rollings G
- Postcode
- HA0 1NR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the scheme would provide the maximum reasonable level of affordable housing
What decided it
The undisputed viability assessment demonstrating that the scheme cannot deliver 50% affordable housing, combined with the absence of evidence that a different tenure mix would result in a higher number of affordable homes, established that the proposed provision represents the maximum reasonable amount.
The conflict with adopted policy was outweighed by alignment with the more recently adopted London Plan and emerging Local Plan policies, and by the viability constraints that prevented higher provision.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP2Policy DMP15Policy BH5Policy H5Policy H6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
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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