®Planning appeal decision
9 salisbury avenue, London, IG11 9XQ
change of use from dwelling (Use Class C3) to financial offices (Use Class E)
- Authority
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
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.
Framework references: 86, 87, 60, 61, 11
Plan policies cited: 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 Strategy, Policy BE5 of the Borough Wide Development Policies Development Plan Document, Policies CM1 and CM2 of the Core Strategy, Policies H1, H2, H9 and GG4 of the London Plan, Policy GG1 of the London Plan, Policy CP3 of the Core Strategy, Policy BP8 of the DPD, Policy D14 of the London Plan, Emerging Policies SPDG1 and SP3 of the emerging Local Plan, Emerging Policy DME2 of the emerging Local Plan, Emerging Policy DMD1 of the emerging Local Plan, Emerging Policy DMSI3 of the emerging Local Plan
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.