35 Widmore Road, BROMLEY, BR1 1RW

a new four storey building to provide nine apartments, 6 x one bed, 2 x two bed and 1 x three bed

Authority: London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Couper C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Bromley Town Centre Conservation Area, including its effect on the setting of listed and locally listed buildings
whether the occupants of the proposed apartments would experience appropriate living conditions
the effect of the proposal on adjacent occupiers' living conditions

What decided it

The less-than-substantial harm to designated heritage assets, which would not be outweighed by the public benefits of housing delivery, combined with failures to provide appropriate living conditions for future occupants and harmful impacts on neighbouring residential amenity.

The public benefits of housing delivery on previously developed land in a sustainable town centre location were outweighed by the less-than-substantial harm to the significance of designated heritage assets and the failure to provide appropriate living conditions.

Framework references: 11, 60, 74, 197, 199, 202

Plan policies cited: BLP Policy 4, BLP Policy 37, BLP Policy 38, BLP Policy 39, BLP Policy 41, LP Policy D1, LP Policy D3, LP Policy D5, LP Policy D6, LP Policy D13, LP Policy HC1

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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