®Planning appeal decision
Alan Hills Motors, Alma Place, Crystal Palace, SE19 2TB
change of use of the existing office building (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) and access
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Naylor R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the change of use from office to residential would be appropriate in policy terms
What decided it
The shortfall in five-year housing land supply engaged paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, making the employment retention policies out-of-date, and the housing benefit was afforded great weight and significantly outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with those policies.
The adverse impacts of the proposal (conflict with BLP Policies 10 and 83 on employment retention) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the benefits of housing supply in the context of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply and the Framework's presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 56
Plan policies cited: BLP Policy 10, BLP Policy 83, LP Policy E1, LP Policy E7
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.