®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to 10A Masons Hill, Woolwich , London, SE18 6EJ
Planning appeal 3309405 at Land Adjacent to 10A Masons Hill, Woolwich , London, SE18 6EJ (Royal Borough of Greenwich) was dismissed on 12 July 2023 by Inspector Savage K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
construction of a three storey building on site including mansard roofs to provide 3 no self-contained flats including boundary treatment, landscaping works and associated external alterations
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
- Postcode
- SE18 6EJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would provide a suitable standard of accommodation for occupants, in particular with respect to outlook, privacy and light to the ground floor unit, and the external amenity space for the upper floor units
- whether the proposal would provide adequate cycle parking
What decided it
The demonstrable harm to character and appearance combined with the failure to provide acceptable standards of accommodation significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefit of delivering three housing units in circumstances of housing land supply shortfall.
The benefits of delivering three residential units in an accessible location at a time of housing land supply shortfall were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of harm to character and appearance and failure to provide acceptable standards of accommodation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D3Policy D4Policy D6Policy T5Policy DH1Policy H5Policy H(c)Policy IM(b)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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