49-50 Holborn Studios, Eagle Wharf Road, Hackney, Greater London, N1 7ED

described as, ‘partial demolition of existing buildings, retention of 3 storey building and former industrial chimney and redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use scheme comprising blocks of 2 to 7 storeys and accommodating 5,591 sqm of commercial floorspace (Use Class Eg[i]) at basement, ground, first, second, third, fourth and fifth floor level, 50 residential units at part first, part second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth floor levels (comprising 23 x 1 bed, 17 x 2 bed, 8 x 3 bed, 2 x 4 bed) as well as 127 sqm café floorspace (Use Class E[b]) at ground floor level, landscaped communal gardens, pedestrian link route to the Regents Canal and other associated works’. This

Authority: London Borough of Hackney
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: other · Major dwellings

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the appeal proposal on the provision of cultural facilities in use by creative industries
Whether the appeal proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Regents Canal Conservation Area, the locally listed buildings on the appeal site and the significance of other heritage assets in the locality
Whether the appeal proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, in terms of the quality of internal space and the provision of communal open and childrens' play space
The effect of the appeal proposal on the provision of family housing in the borough
The effect of the appeal proposal on the provision of employment floorspace in the Wenlock Priority Office Area (POA), affordable workspace, and affordable housing in the borough

What decided it

The Inspector's overall finding that the proposal accorded with the Development Plan taken as a whole, with no unresolved harm on any of the main issues, determined that the appeal should succeed under section 38(6).

the appeal development would accord with the Development Plan when read as a whole and other material considerations did not indicate that it should be determined otherwise, so the appeal succeeded

Framework references: 55, 56

Plan policies cited: London Plan policy HC5, Local Plan policy L10, Local Plan policy LP10, Local Plan policy LP3, Local Plan policy LP4, London Plan policy HC1, Local Plan policy L17, London Plan policy D6, Local Plan policy LP48, Local Plan policy LP50, Local Plan policy LP14, Local Plan policy LP27, Local Plan policy L29, Local Plan policy LP29, Local Plan policy LP13, Local Plan policy PP1, Local Plan policy LP33, Local Plan policy L58, London Plan policies H4-H7, London Plan policy H5, London Plan policy SI2, Local Plan policy LP55, Local Plan policy L48

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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