Planning appeal decision
C R Wigley & Sons, 44 Kynaston Road, London, N16 0EU
Planning appeal 3268749 at C R Wigley & Sons, 44 Kynaston Road, London, N16 0EU (London Borough of Hackney) was dismissed on 17 December 2021 by Inspector Burnham T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would make provision for adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses, as required by the GPDO Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M.2 Conditions.
Change of use of ground and lower ground floor from Class A1 to form 3 apartments (Class C3)
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Burnham T
- Postcode
- N16 0EU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would make provision for adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses, as required by the GPDO Schedule 2, Part 3, Class M.2 Conditions
What decided it
The basement of flat 1, which would necessarily function as a habitable room (living room) due to the inadequate size of the kitchen/diner, receives no natural light, and this cannot be adequately controlled by condition.
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