Hamilton House Offices , 17A Cedar Road, SUTTON, Surrey, SM2 5DA

change of use of the first floor from E (offices) to C3 (residential) to provide 2 self-contained residential units with alterations to rear car parking spaces, erection of detached single storey cycle stores to rear, provision of new fence and trellis to separate private amenity spaces from communal amenity space/parking within the site and associated hard and soft landscaping

Authority: London Borough of Sutton
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Savage K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed change of use would be acceptable, having regard to relevant development plan policies and national guidance
Whether the proposed flats would provide a suitable standard of accommodation for future occupants, with respect to outlook, privacy and external amenity space
Whether the proposed development would accord with relevant development plan policies for carbon emissions and water efficiency
Whether the proposed change of use should be car-free, having regard to relevant policies relating to parking and sustainable transport

What decided it

The failure to demonstrate compliance with carbon emissions and water efficiency policies (Policy 31 of the SLP, Policy SI 2 of the LP21, and Policy 33 of the SLP) created a conflict with the development plan that could not be outweighed by the benefits of additional housing.

Plan policies cited: Policy D3 of the London Plan (March 2021), Policy 7 of the Sutton Local Plan (February 2018), Policy 9 of the Sutton Local Plan (February 2018), Policy 16 of the Sutton Local Plan (February 2018), Policy 31 of the Sutton Local Plan (February 2018), Policy SI 2 of the London Plan (March 2021), Policy 33 of the Sutton Local Plan (February 2018), Policy 37 of the Sutton Local Plan (February 2018)

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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