®Planning appeal decision
Land rear of 42 Broadway Parade, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 4RN
the erection of a three-storey building to include 4 x 1- bed and 2 x 2-bed self-contained flats with associated parking, amenity space, and habitable roof space
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook, the quality of amenity space, and potential conflict between users of car parking spaces and the communal cycle and refuse storage areas
- Whether the proposed development would make an overprovision of car parking spaces
- Whether the proposed development would prejudice the future development of adjoining land
What decided it
The harm from poor living conditions, overprovision of parking, and sterilisation of neighbouring land significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest benefits of housing delivery when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The modest social and economic benefits of six new dwellings in a well-located area were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the harm from unacceptable living conditions, overprovision of car parking, and sterilisation of neighbouring land, resulting in development that does not amount to sustainable development under the Framework
Framework references: 11, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy 7 of the Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy 26 of the Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D4 of the London Plan 2021, Policy T6.1 of the London Plan 2021, Policy 23 of the Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy 10 of the Havering Local Plan 2021
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
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.