®Planning appeal decision
91 Grosvenor Avenue, Islington, LONDON, N5 2NL
change of use of existing ground floor unit from Class E (retail) to Class C3 (residential) to provide 1 x one-bedroom flat and minor front external alterations
- Authority
- London Borough of Islington
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of the Grosvenor Avenue Local Shopping Area
- whether the proposal would provide for satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to daylight, defensible space, ventilation, private outdoor space and internal floorspace
- whether the proposal should make a contribution towards affordable housing and, if so, whether an appropriate contribution would be made
What decided it
The proposal conflicted with the development plan's retail protection policy (DM4.6), housing quality policies and affordable housing policy (CS12), and no material considerations, including the limited benefits of the scheme, outweighed this cumulative conflict.
The limited benefits of housing delivery, sustainable location and reuse of a vacant property were outweighed by harm to the vitality and viability of the Local Shopping Area, poor living conditions for future occupiers and the absence of a secured affordable housing contribution.
Framework references: 86, 64, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy DM4.6, Policy CS14, Policy CS12, Policy D6, Policy DM2.1, Policy DM3.4, Policy DM3.5, Policy CS9, Policy CS8, Policy R1, Policy R4, Policy Plan1, Policy H3, Policy H4
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.