®Planning appeal decision
1-4 Brixton Hill Place, LONDON, SW2 1HJ
demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide an H-shaped building ranging from 2 to 5 storeys in height comprising 24 self-contained residential units (Class C3), together with the provision of three disabled car parking bays, refuse and cycle storage, child play area, landscaping and boundary treatment
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Woodwards O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, with particular regard to the proposed loss of the existing office floorspace
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to scale, site coverage and the proposed courtyard
- whether or not the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Rush Common and Brixton Hill Conservation Area
- whether or not the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers
What decided it
The substantial benefits of providing 24 new homes on a suitable brownfield site significantly outweighed the low level of less-than-substantial harm to the Conservation Area and the other limited harms identified.
The substantial benefits of the proposal, principally 24 new homes plus economic, transport and drainage benefits, significantly outweighed the low level of less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and other limited harms, such that the proposal complied with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 57, 69, 74, 120, 199, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy ED1, Policy Q5, Policy Q7, Policy D3, Policy Q22, Policy Q2, Policy H5, Policy D6, Policy S4
Judgments cited: R (Mansell) v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council [2019] PTSR 1452 (CA)
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