®Planning appeal decision
Kang Sheng, 292 Lodge Avenue, DAGENHAM, RM8 2HF
Demolition of Existing Single Storey Rear Extension and Erection of Single Storey Rear Extension, Change of Shop Front, Conversion of Existing First and Second Floor 1 X 2 Bedrooms Flat into 1 X Studio Flat and 1 X 2 Bedrooms Flat with Loft Conversion with Rear Dormer
- Authority
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Naylor R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- effect of the proposal on parking provision
- highway and pedestrian safety
- living conditions of future occupiers having particular regard to matters of outdoor amenity space, fumes and odour
- vitality and viability of the Round House Neighbourhood Centre
What decided it
The substantial adverse impacts relating to parking provision, highway and pedestrian safety, and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of providing a single modest dwelling to the housing stock.
The adverse impacts of inadequate parking provision, harm to highway and pedestrian safety, and unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupiers (attracting substantial weight) significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of providing a single modest dwelling to the housing stock and construction employment, when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole under paragraph 11(d)(ii).
Framework references: 110, 111, 11
Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy T6.1, London Plan Policy T4, London Plan Policy T5, London Plan Policy D4, London Plan Policy D6, London Plan Policy D11, London Plan Policy E9, London Plan Policy SD8, Core Strategy Policy CP3, Core Strategy Policy CE1, DPD Policy BR9, DPD Policy BR10, DPD Policy BP5, DPD Policy BP8, DPD Policy BP11, DPD Policy BE1, DPD Policy DP11
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE and Another (1982) 43 P. & C.R. 233; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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