®Planning appeal decision
Alperton Manufacturing Estate, Mount Pleasant, Alperton, LONDON, HA0 1NR
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
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.
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy CP2, Policy DMP15, Policy BH5, Policy H5, Policy H6
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.