®Planning appeal decision
2 Surrey Street, LONDON, E13 8RN
change of use from disused electric substation to storage unit (B8)
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Baxter C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on employment land
- the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties in terms of noise and disturbance
- highway safety with regards to parking, access and traffic movements
- waste management
What decided it
The significant harm to employment land, living conditions and highway safety, combined with insufficient evidence to demonstrate compliance with development plan policies, outweighed the limited benefits of brownfield reuse and business support.
The benefits of brownfield reuse, job creation and business support were outweighed by the significant harm to employment land supply, living conditions of neighbouring residents and highway safety.
Plan policies cited: Policy J2, Policy J1, Policy E4, Policy E7, Policy S6, Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy SP3, Policy SP8, Policy D1, Policy D3, Policy D8, Policy D14, Policy INF2, Policy SP9, Policy T2, Policy T4, Policy T6
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.