®Planning appeal decision
153-155 High Street, Penge, London, London, SE20 7DS
Planning appeal 3297995 at 153-155 High Street, Penge, London, London, SE20 7DS (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 1 September 2022 by Inspector Bowyer J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not living conditions for future occupiers of the development would be acceptable, having regard to outlook, privacy, the quality of external amenity space, and noise and disturbance.
change of use B1(a) use and delivery of seven flats on upper floors
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
- Postcode
- SE20 7DS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not living conditions for future occupiers of the development would be acceptable, having regard to outlook, privacy, the quality of external amenity space, and noise and disturbance
- whether or not the proposal would make adequate provision for cycle storage
What decided it
The severe and unmitigable harm to the living conditions of future occupiers of Flats 2, 3 and 6, combined with the failure to provide adequate cycle storage, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
The significant harm to living conditions of future occupiers and the failure to provide adequate cycle storage significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery, fire safety compliance and modernisation, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 4Policy 37Policy 97Policy D6Policy 30Policy T5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
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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