®Planning appeal decision
20 Fairfield South, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, KT1 2UL
change of use of vacant drinking establishment (Sui Generis) to accommodate a self-contained 4-bedroom dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) with associated parking provision, landscaping/amenity space, refuse/recycling facilities and cycle store
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the premises could help to meet the demand for employment uses
- whether the permanent loss of the public house is justified
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers in terms of privacy
- whether the proposal would make the most efficient use of the site
- whether the development could be made safe for future occupiers having regard to flood risks
What decided it
The irreversible loss of the public house without authoritative evidence to justify such loss, combined with the inefficient use of the site, would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery under the tilted balance test.
the adverse impacts from the irreversible loss of the pub without authoritative evidence to justify such and the inefficient use of the site would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits from conversion works
Framework references: 119, 11
Plan policies cited: CS11, DM17, DM24, HC5, HC6, HC7, H1, D6, DM13, SI2, DM4
Judgments cited: Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [1982]
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