®Planning appeal decision
Woodlands Heights , Vanbrugh Hill, LONDON, SE3 7EL
Proposed extension to existing 5-storey building to provide an additional floor of residential floorspace comprising of 2 x 1 bedroom and 6 x 2 bedroom flats, with two roof terraces. (This application may affect the setting of the Westcombe Park and Greenwich Park Conservation Areas). (Re- consultation, Amended Description)
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pipkin R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with particular regard to an increased sense of enclosure to 6 Lasseter Place and 31 Vanbrugh Hill and loss of privacy, noise and disturbance and light spillage to adjacent residential properties
- traffic stress to the local highway network and harm to highway safety
- the character and appearance of the host property and the area, including the setting of the Westcombe Park Conservation Area and the East Greenwich Conservation Area
What decided it
The harm to neighbouring living conditions from increased sense of enclosure and noise and disturbance from roof terraces, combined with increased highway safety risks from intensified vehicle movements within a constrained shared access, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and building improvement.
The benefits of 8 dwellings, efficient use of previously developed land, economic benefits, improved building appearance and cycle parking provision (moderate weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of harm to neighbouring living conditions and highway safety when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 112
Plan policies cited: Policy D13, Policy D14, Policy D3, Policy D4, Policy HC1, Policy T4, Policy T2, Policy DH(b), Policy DH(h), Policy DH1, Policy DH3, Policy E(a), Policy H5, Policy IM(b)
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.