28 Bellegrove Road, WELLING, DA16 3PY

demolition of existing building and erection of part 2/part 3/part 4 storey mixed use building incorporating commercial space (Use Class E) at ground level plus 7 residential units (4 x 1 bedroom and 3 x 2 bedroom) with associated amenity areas, cycle parking and refuse storage facilities

Authority: London Borough of Bexley
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Callister V

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect on the character and appearance of the local area
The living conditions of potential residential occupiers with reference to the quality of amenity space for Flat 1

What decided it

The proposal's excessive bulk and poor massing would result in a building that dominates the existing townscape and would have an overbearing presence, combined with unacceptable living conditions for Flat 1 due to the poor quality of its constrained amenity space.

Framework references: 127, 130

Plan policies cited: ENV 39, H3, H8, CS01, D3, D6

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.