®Planning appeal decision
9 Salisbury Avenue, London, IG11 9XQ
Planning appeal 3297528 at 9 Salisbury Avenue, London, IG11 9XQ (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2022 by Inspector Cowley R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal provides a suitable location for offices, with particular regard to the local development strategy and the effect of the proposal on the supply of housing.
change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to financial offices (Use Class E)
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
- Postcode
- IG11 9XQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal provides a suitable location for offices, with particular regard to the local development strategy and the effect of the proposal on the supply of housing
- The effect of the proposal on the character of the area
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance, crime and the generation of waste
What decided it
The proposal would result in the net loss of a 2-bedroom dwelling needed to address identified local housing need and the borough's housing delivery shortfall, and diverts office development away from the designated town centre contrary to the sequential test and local development strategy.
Even if paragraph 11(d) of the Framework applied, the adverse impacts on housing supply and town centre vitality would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy E1 of the Spatial Development Strategy for Greater London (London Plan)Policy CE2 of the Planning for the future of Barking and Dagenham Core StrategyPolicy BE5 of the Borough Wide Development Policies Development Plan DocumentPolicies CM1 and CM2 of the Core StrategyPolicies H1, H2, H9 and GG4 of the London PlanPolicy GG1 of the London PlanPolicy CP3 of the Core StrategyPolicy BP8 of the DPDPolicy D14 of the London PlanEmerging Policies SPDG1 and SP3 of the emerging Local PlanEmerging Policy DME2 of the emerging Local PlanEmerging Policy DMD1 of the emerging Local PlanEmerging Policy DMSI3 of the emerging Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 86Paragraph 87Paragraph 60Paragraph 61Paragraph 11
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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