®Planning appeal decision
King Harold, 51 Station Road, Harold Wood, Romford, RM3 0BS
demolition of existing public house and residential units and erection of mixed use building comprising ground floor community café/pub and 25no. residential units, including provision of 6no. car parking spaces
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Palmer N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- its effect on the living conditions of adjacent occupiers and whether or not acceptable living conditions would be provided for its future occupiers
- its effects on social infrastructure provision
- highway safety
- health and wellbeing
- biodiversity
- air quality
- the effectiveness of the planning obligation
What decided it
The cumulative weight of significant harm to character and appearance, inadequate living conditions for future occupiers, unjustified loss of social infrastructure, and ineffective planning obligations outweighed the benefits of housing delivery under the tilted balance.
The significant social and economic benefits of 25 new residential units and employment provision were outweighed by significant harm to character and appearance, moderate harm to living conditions of future occupiers, significant harm from loss of the public house facility, and further policy conflicts regarding parking, biodiversity, air quality and affordable housing.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 26 of the HLP, Policy D3 of the LP, Policy D4 of the LP, Policy 27 of the HLP, Policy G7 of the LP, Policy 7 of the HLP, Policy D6 of the LP, Policy S4 of the LP, Policy HC7 of the LP, Policy 16 of the HLP, Policy S1 of the LP, Policy 24 of the HLP, Policy T6 of the LP, Policy T6.1 of the LP, Policy 12 of the HLP, Policy G6 of the LP, Policy 30 of the HLP, Policy SI 1 of the LP, Policy 33 of the HLP, Policy H4 of the LP, Policy H5 of the LP, Policy 4 of the HLP, Policy SI 2 of the LP, Policy 36 of the HLP
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.