®Planning appeal decision
8-12, Bromley Road, BECKENHAM, BR3 5JE
change of use of ground floor to provide 5 x self- contained dwellings along with associated external alterations, cycle parking and refuse storage
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Miles H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The quality of accommodation for future occupiers with particular regard to internal layout, amenity space and entrances
What decided it
The poor quality living conditions resulting from inadequate entrances to flats 4 and 5 and severely restricted outlook from three bedrooms outweighed the limited housing supply benefit.
The limited benefit of 5 dwellings to housing supply was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by considerable harm to the amenity of future users from poor quality living conditions, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy 4 of the Local Plan London Borough of Bromley Planning Division (January 2019), Policy 37 of the Local Plan
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.