61-63 Churchgate Street, Harlow, CM17 0JT

Planning appeal 3269067 at 61-63 Churchgate Street, Harlow, CM17 0JT (Harlow District Council) was dismissed on 24 September 2021 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would lead to on-street car parking and, if so, the effect of such car parking on highway safety.

a ‘1) Convert the existing 5 bedroom house back into 2 No two bedroom houses by reinstating the central partition wall and installing a new staircase in house No 61. Harlow LPA Ref HW/ST/03/00177; 2) extend the existing front single storey bay to same details as the previously approved design from 2003; 3) insert a new matching sash window and brick header to the level 1 bedroom on the west facing elevation of No 61 and 4) create a new courtyard garden to the rear of No 61 which will be accessed from the single storey linked outbuilding / garden room of No 63

Authority: Harlow District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hartley S
Postcode: CM17 0JT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would lead to on-street car parking and, if so, the effect of such car parking on highway safety

What decided it

The proposal would fail to provide sufficient off-street parking for each dwelling, leading to an unacceptable increase in on-street parking that would harm highway safety on Churchgate Street.

the modest net gain of one additional dwelling did not outweigh the conclusion on highway safety harm

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy IN2Policy IN3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 111

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