®Planning appeal decision
Land at 224 Plashet Grove, East Ham, LONDON, E6 1DA
without planning permission the material change of use to emergency residential accommodation
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage M
- Postcode
- E6 1DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the provision of housing for families in the Borough
- Whether the appeal site provides satisfactory accommodation for occupants and future occupants
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, having regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The substantial conflict with development plan policies protecting family housing, combined with the significant harm to the living conditions of occupants from inadequate communal space provision and the location of a bedroom between communal areas, substantially and demonstrably outweighed the modest contribution to housing supply.
The modest benefit of approximately 3 additional homes to the housing supply was substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm from loss of family housing contrary to policies S1, H1, H3 and H4 of the Newham Local Plan and the significant harm to the living conditions of occupants from inadequate internal accommodation standards.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy GG4 of the London Plan (2021), Policy H10 of the London Plan (2021), Policy H1 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy S1 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy H4 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy H3 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy SP8 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy S6 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy SP2 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy SP3 of the Newham Local Plan (2018), Policy D4 of the London Plan (2021), Policy D8 of the London Plan (2021), Policy H8 of the London Plan (2021)
Judgments cited: Gladman v SSHCLG, Corby BC and Uttlesford DC [2020] EWHC 518 (Admin); Gladman v SSHCLG, Corby BC and Uttlesford DC [2021] EWCA Civ 104
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.