®Planning appeal decision
70A Kimmeridge Road, London, SE9 4EB
Planning appeal 3275563 at 70A Kimmeridge Road, London, SE9 4EB (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 22 March 2022 by Inspector Beeby C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
the demolition of the existing garage / workshops to rear of site to make way for proposed 2 no., 2 storey with subterranean basement level, mews house type dwellings. Existing main building facing onto Kimmeridge Road is proposed to adopt an infill extension to the flank at first floor level with pitched roof to tie into existing pitch and materiality to suit existing. The existing ground side entrance at street level (Kimmeridge Road) is intended to be remodelled to allow separated private access to the main building and to the proposed mews house type dwellings and existing commercial unit rear amenity space, and to shared refuse and cycle storage enclosures at ground floor level
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Beeby C
- Postcode
- SE9 4EB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties with particular regard to light, outlook and privacy, and the living conditions of the future occupiers of the new dwellings with particular regard to outlook and ventilation
What decided it
The multiple areas of identified harm to character and appearance and living conditions, despite the proposal's small scale and the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, meant that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits.
The modest benefits of housing supply and the modernisation of the entrance were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of moderate harm to character and appearance and moderate harm to neighbouring living conditions regarding outlook and privacy, assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 4Policy 37
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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