®Planning appeal decision
Flat 1, 15 Dartmouth Road, Hendon, London, NW4 3JA
change of use from C3 to C4 use
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would comply with relevant development plan policies relating to the change of use of properties to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and the effects that would be wrought upon the character of the area
- The effects of the proposed development upon parking provision with particular regard to whether future occupiers of the development should be restricted from obtaining street parking permits and if so whether this has been secured via a suitable mechanism
- The effects of the proposed development upon the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular reference to the nature and levels of activity and noise that would take place
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the proposed HMO would meet an identified need for such accommodation in an area characterised by family housing, combined with the absence of a secured planning obligation to restrict parking permits, meant the development conflicted with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy DM09, Policy DM08, Policy DM01, Policy CS5, Policy CSNPPF, Policy DM17, Policy T4, Policy T6, Policy T6.1, Policy CS9, Policy D3, Policy D14, Policy CS1, Policy DM04, Policy DM02
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