®Planning appeal decision
Romford Road Dental Centre, 669 Romford Road, LONDON, E12 5AD
change of use of the existing ground floor flat to Use Class E (e) to allow an extension of existing dental surgery
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for an extension of the existing dental surgery (E (e) use class), having regard to the impact on the Council's supply of housing
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for an extension of the existing dental surgery (E (e) use class), having regard to the layout of the proposal in respect of the functionality of the proposal and the adjacent residential uses
What decided it
The community and public health benefits of expanding NHS dental service provision outweighed the limited harm from the loss of a poor-quality one-bedroom flat.
The harm arising from the loss of residential accommodation would be outweighed by the community benefits to Newham residents from the proposed improvements to NHS dental service provision
Framework references: 56, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy SD6, Policy E9, Policy S6, Policy SP6, Policy SP7, Policy INF8, Policy H1, Policy H4, Policy S1, Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy SP3, Policy SP8, Policy D1, Policy D3, Policy D4, Policy D8
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.