®Planning appeal decision
Land rear of 58-60 Westow Hill and land rear of 62 Westow Hill, Upper Norwood, SE19 1RX
the demolition of a standalone ancillary storage building and the erection of a three storey height building, to provide five flats together with the refuse store, cycle parking, and private amenity space for each flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Praine N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for neighbouring occupants
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants with particular reference to communal amenity space and children's play provision
What decided it
Appeal B's provision of communal amenity space and children's play provision, which Appeal A lacked, was the decisive factor in allowing the appeal and complying with development plan policies requiring such facilities for flatted developments.
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy DM10, Policy DM10.4, Policy DM10.5, Policy D6, Policy D12(A)
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.