®Planning appeal decision
Land at Flat A, 125 Tooting Bec Road, London, SW17 8BW
Planning appeal 3267284 at Land at Flat A, 125 Tooting Bec Road, London, SW17 8BW (London Borough of Wandsworth) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 5 October 2022 by Inspector Thompson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the basement flat provides acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to size, daylight matters and outlook.
without planning permission and within the last 4 years, the unauthorised erection of a single storey rear/side extension and roof terrace; excavation to create basement and subdivision of Flat A (1 x 2-bedroom) into 1 x 1-bedroom and 1 x 3-bedroom flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Wandsworth
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thompson F
- Postcode
- SW17 8BW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the basement flat provides acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to size, daylight matters and outlook
- The availability of cycle storage, waste storage and collection and water conservation measures
- The effect of the single storey extension and roof terrace on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to outlook, privacy, and daylight/sunlight matters
What decided it
The basement flat's poor daylight and bleak outlook from lightwells, combined with the extension's unacceptably harmful overbearing effect on neighbouring outlook, rendered the development contrary to amenity protection policies and unacceptable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DMH6Policy DMS1Policy DMH4Policy DMH2Policy DMT2Policy DMS3Policy DMH5
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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