®Planning appeal decision
24a Stonecot Hill, Sutton, SM3 9HE
first floor conversion of existing offices to single dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Sutton
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Moore J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development upon the supply of office accommodation
- Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the provision of external amenity space, and the provision of refuse/recycling storage facilities
What decided it
The absence of evidence demonstrating that the existing office space is surplus to requirements, combined with the failure to provide acceptable living conditions through lack of external amenity space and inadequate refuse/recycling provision, meant the proposal conflicted with the development plan with no material considerations of sufficient weight to justify approval.
Plan policies cited: Policy E1 of the London Plan 2021, Policy GG5 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy 16 of the London Borough of Sutton Local Plan 2018, Policy 17 of the London Borough of Sutton Local Plan 2018, Policy 18 of the London Borough of Sutton Local Plan 2018, Policy 9 of the London Borough of Sutton Local Plan 2018
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.