®Planning appeal decision
Garage adjacent to 9 Devonshire Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5HQ
the change of use of existing detached garage to residential use to provide a one person studio unit involving a front extension, mezzanine floor and rear balcony
- Authority
- London Borough of Sutton
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Law T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide for a satisfactory standard of accommodation for future occupiers with regard to internal and external amenity space
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposal provides sufficient information regarding carbon reduction and climate change
What decided it
The proposed development would provide inadequate internal and external amenity space that would result in unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupiers and a cramped form of development harmful to the character and appearance of the area.
Framework references: 130, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy 9, Policy 1, Policy 28, Policy 31, Policy 32, Policy 33, London Plan Policy D6, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D4, London Plan Policy SI2, London Plan Policy SI3, London Plan Policy SI5
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