®Planning appeal decision
1 Essex Road, BARKING, IG11 7QN
retrospective planning for change of residential house (use class C3) into 5 bedroom HMO units (use class C4)
- Authority
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Symmons J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the supply of family housing in the area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties with respect of noise and disturbance
- the living conditions of the HMO occupiers with respect to internal and external space and built-in storage provision
What decided it
The loss of a family house in an area with identified high demand for large family housing, combined with the failure to provide adequate built-in storage for HMO occupiers, outweighed the benefits of additional housing delivery when the tilted balance was applied.
The moderate benefits of providing additional housing accommodation and affordable housing were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the considerable harm from the loss of family housing and failure to provide satisfactory living conditions for HMO occupiers, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 119, 120, 130, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CC1, Policy BC4, Policy CM1, Policy CM2, Policy CP3, Policy BP5, Policy BP6, Policy BP8, Policy BP11, Policy H9, Policy H1, Policy GG4, Policy D6, Policy D4
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.