Planning appeal decision
The Land and Building(S) Known As 21 Buller Road, London, N17 9BH
Planning appeal 3276935 at The Land and Building(S) Known As 21 Buller Road, London, N17 9BH (London Borough of Haringey) was dismissed on 2 August 2022 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the availability of smaller family housing in the Borough, having regard to the Development Plan and the Framework.
without planning permission, the material change of use to a large House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis use)
- Authority
- London Borough of Haringey
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- N17 9BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the availability of smaller family housing in the Borough, having regard to the Development Plan and the Framework
- The effect on the living conditions of occupiers of adjoining residential property and on existing and future occupiers of the development, having regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The property does not meet the minimum size threshold for HMO conversion under Policy DM17:A, and the development causes significant adverse effects on both the availability of family housing and the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM17:APolicy SP2Policy DM1Policy DM17Policy SP11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 62
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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