®Planning appeal decision
18 Ellingfort Road, LONDON, E8 3PA
change of use of first floor to provide three flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- McCreery D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would result in the loss of office space that should remain available for that use
- whether the proposal would satisfactorily accord with policy requirements relating to the provision of affordable housing
What decided it
The comprehensive marketing evidence demonstrating lack of demand for the site in its current office use, combined with the housing delivery benefits and efficient use of underutilised land, outweighed the conflict with Policy LP27(H).
The conflict with development plan policy regarding loss of office floorspace was outweighed by the material considerations of demonstrated lack of demand for the site in its current use, the benefits of housing delivery (particularly the contribution of small sites to meeting London's housing needs), and the efficient use of underutilised land in accordance with paragraph 120 of the Framework.
Framework references: 120, 64
Plan policies cited: Policy LP27(H), Policy LP26, Policy LP13, Policy GG5, Policy H4, Policy H2, Policy E1
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.