17 The Avenue , London, E4 9LB

the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to provide a three-storey building (with rooms in the roofspace and lower ground level) comprising 15 self-contained flats with associated amenity space, cycle parking, car- parking and other works

Authority: Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Rafferty C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
the effect of the development on the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to light, outlook, privacy and standard of external amenity space
whether the development would result in the unacceptable loss of family dwellings
whether the development would result in the unacceptable loss of a HMO
the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to outlook

What decided it

The proposal would result in harm to character and appearance, living conditions of future occupiers regarding outlook and external amenity space, and the unacceptable loss of family dwellings and a HMO, which together were not outweighed by identified benefits.

The harm to character and appearance, living conditions of future occupiers regarding outlook and external amenity space, and the unacceptable loss of family dwellings and a HMO was not outweighed by identified benefits, resulting in dismissal.

Plan policies cited: Policy D4 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D6 of the London Plan, Policy H9 of the London Plan, Policy CS2 of the Waltham Forest Local Plan Core Strategy, March 2012, Policy CS15 of the Waltham Forest Local Plan Core Strategy, March 2012, Policy DM5 of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Development Management Policies Local Plan, October 2013, Policy DM6 of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Development Management Policies Local Plan, October 2013, Policy DM7 of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Development Management Policies Local Plan, October 2013, Policy DM29 of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Development Management Policies Local Plan, October 2013, Policy DM32 of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Development Management Policies Local Plan, October 2013, Policy CDP2 of the Highams Park Neighbourhood Plan, May 2020, Policy HDA1 of the Highams Park Neighbourhood Plan

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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