®Planning appeal decision
5-7 Welling High Street, Welling, Kent, DA16 1TR
described on the application form as ‘retention and reconfiguration of the existing ground floor office space including alterations to the front elevation, conversion of the existing first floor and the erection of a new second storey to provide a mixed-use development comprising offices at ground level with 4 x 2- bedroom flats with associated cycle parking and refuse facilities’
- Authority
- London Borough of Bexley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development proposed on the character and appearance of the host property and the surrounding area
- Whether the proposal would provide for satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook and light
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers of 3A Welling High Street, with regard to outlook
What decided it
The harmful effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area combined with the failure to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers regarding outlook significantly outweighed the limited benefits of the development.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS01 of the Bexley Core Strategy (2012), saved Policy H9 of the Bexley Unitary Development Plan (2004), saved Policy ENV39 of the Bexley Unitary Development Plan (2004), saved Policy H7 of the Bexley Unitary Development Plan (2004), saved Policy H6 of the Bexley Unitary Development Plan (2004), Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021)
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.