®Planning appeal decision
82 Chaplin Road , London, NW2 5PR
change of use of existing two storey building from Office (Class E) to residential accommodation (Class C3) comprising 6no. residential dwellings, with associated landscaping, elevational amendments, and cycle and refuse storage
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the loss of an employment site has been justified
- Whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for affordable housing
- Whether the proposal provides an acceptable quality of accommodation
- Whether the proposal makes appropriate provision for family accommodation
- Whether the proposal would result in unacceptable levels of overlooking to the rear gardens of 84A and B Chaplin Road
What decided it
The proposal's failure to provide sufficient private and communal amenity space and its conflict with the requirement to provide family-sized accommodation, combined with unacceptable internal overlooking, could not be outweighed by the housing benefits and sustainable development considerations.
Plan policies cited: Policy BE3, Policy BH5, Policy BH6, Policy BH13, Policy DMP1, Policy D6
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.