®Planning appeal decision
Queens Head, 8 Flamborough Street, London, E14 7LS
Planning appeal 3291671 at Queens Head, 8 Flamborough Street, London, E14 7LS (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 9 May 2023 by Inspector Cullen F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether it has been demonstrated that the operation and viability of the Public House use is not undermined by the building's subdivision to provide an HMO on the upper floors.
Change of use of first and second floors of Grade II Listed Public House from Use Class Sui Generis (previously Class A4) to create a six-bedroom HMO, Class C4
- Authority
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cullen F
- Postcode
- E14 7LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the operation and viability of the Public House use is not undermined by the building's subdivision to provide an HMO on the upper floors
- Whether it has been demonstrated that the development meets the area's strategic housing need, and could be secured as a long-term addition to the supply of low-cost housing
- Whether the development provides satisfactory living conditions for occupiers, with regard to external amenity space
- Whether the development provides suitable arrangements for cycle parking and refuse storage
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate that the operation and viability of the Public House would not be undermined by the subdivision to provide an independent HMO, combined with failures to provide satisfactory living conditions regarding external amenity space and suitable cycle parking and refuse storage arrangements.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D.CF4Policy HC7Policy S.H1Policy D.H7Policy D.H3Policy D.TR3Policy D.MW3
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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