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Allowed28 November 20223297832

Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road, Duppas Hill Road, Croydon, CR0 4BG

Planning appeal 3297832 at Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road, Duppas Hill Road, Croydon, CR0 4BG (London Borough of Croydon) was allowed on 28 November 2022 by Inspector Price J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in the appeal is whether the continued protection of the site for a secondary school use within both the current and emerging CLP remains appropriate to meet the education needs in this area.

the erection of buildings comprising 140 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and 416m² (GIA) Community Hub (flexible Use Class F.1/F.2), ranging from two to five storeys together with associated accesses, car parking, cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and associated infrastructure works

Authority
London Borough of Croydon
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
CR0 4BG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue in the appeal is whether the continued protection of the site for a secondary school use within both the current and emerging CLP remains appropriate to meet the education needs in this area.

What decided it

The finding that there was no reasonable prospect of the site coming forward for its allocated secondary school use, engaging NPPF paragraph 122(b) in support of the residential development to meet an unmet housing need.

The significant weight given to housing delivery (including affordable and family-sized homes) and economic benefits, together with the paragraph 122 support for meeting unmet housing need, outweighed the harm arising from conflict with the development plan's secondary school allocation.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM49Policy DM49.2London Plan Policy S3Policy SP8Policy DM29Policy DM30Policy G7 of the London Plan (2021)Policy DM28 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018)Policy D12 of the London Plan (2021)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 12Paragraph 122Paragraph 20Paragraph 22Paragraph 95Paragraph 56Paragraph 57

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