®Planning appeal decision
109 High Road, Wood Green, LONDON, N22 6BB
a change of use from retail to an adult gaming centre
- Authority
- London Borough of Haringey
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed change of use on the vitality and viability of Wood Green Metropolitan Town Centre
- the effect on living conditions for nearby residents with particular regard to noise disturbance
What decided it
The proposal would result in the loss of an existing retail unit and active frontage within the primary shopping frontage and would increase concentration of adult gaming centres without contributing to diversity, causing significant harm to the vitality and viability of the town centre that outweighs the benefits.
The significant harm to the vitality and viability of the town centre, given by significant weight, outweighs the limited weight given to job creation (offset by job losses from the existing retailer) and the neutral factor of no harm to neighbours' living conditions, such that the presumption in favour of permission does not apply.
Framework references: 11, 86
Plan policies cited: Policy DM42 of the 2017 Haringey Development Management DPD, Policy SD6 of the 2021 London Plan, Policy SP10 of the 2013 Haringey Local Plan, Policy DM1 of the DPD, Policy D13 of the 2021 London Plan
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