®Planning appeal decision
Unit H (First Floor), 52-54 White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5EN
Planning appeal 3269179 at Unit H (First Floor), 52-54 White Post Lane, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5EN (London Legacy Development Corporation) was dismissed on 9 November 2021 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would result in an unacceptable loss of employment floorspace.
change of use of southern part of the first floor (Unit H) from commercial (Use Class E) to residential use (Use Class C3), to create six new dwellings, along with external alterations
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- E9 5EN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would result in an unacceptable loss of employment floorspace
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate through appropriate marketing strategies and evidence that Unit H could not be reasonably marketed to meet the strong local demand for small, flexible office floorspace, and provided no viability appraisal or other overriding factors to justify the unacceptable loss of employment floorspace contrary to Policy B1.
The Inspector attached substantial weight to the harm caused by the proposal's failure to accord with the development plan and was not persuaded by Government measures encouraging office-to-residential conversion or the argument that the loss represented only 6% of the development's commercial floorspace to outweigh this harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy B1
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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