®Planning appeal decision
4, St. James's Road, CROYDON, CR0 2SA
alterations; use of ground floor as studio flat
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would create living conditions for future occupiers in respect of the provision of outdoor amenity space, bin storage and cycle storage
What decided it
The modest housing and social benefits of providing a renewed use for the ground floor in an accessible location, combined with the practical constraints of the site and the ability to address storage deficiencies by condition, outweighed the policy conflicts on outdoor space, bin and cycle storage.
The conflicts with development plan policies on outdoor amenity space, bin storage and cycle storage were outweighed by the modest environmental, social and economic benefits of delivering a small housing unit in an accessible location with limited alternative prospects, taking into account the practical difficulties of retrofitting modern standards to an aged terraced building.
Plan policies cited: Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy DM10.4 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018), Policy DM13 of the Local Plan, Policy DM29 of the Local Plan, Policy T5 of the London Plan, Policy T6 of the London Plan
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.