®Planning appeal decision
Alpine Works Hallowell Close, MITCHAM, CR4 2QD
Single storey extension to the front and change of use from B8 storage and distribution to C3 residential to create 2 No one bedroom self- contained flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Merton
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed new dwelling would provide for a satisfactory standard of accommodation for future occupiers, with particular regard to privacy, external amenity space and outlook
- Character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal would fail to provide an adequate standard of accommodation for future occupiers due to unacceptable lack of privacy and inadequate external amenity space, and would harm the character and appearance of the area.
The benefits of bringing a vacant building back into use and contributing to housing needs and economic benefits were outweighed by the harm to the standard of accommodation for future occupiers and the harm to character and appearance.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS9, Policy CS14, Policy DM D2, Policy DM D3, Policy D3, Policy D6, Policy CS13
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment (1982) JLP 37
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