®Planning appeal decision
1 Motley Avenue, LONDON, EC2A 4SU
the change of use of the ground floor office and upper floor maisonette to form a single-family dwelling with alterations to the rear of the ground floor to form amenity space
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hunter A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the loss of the office use
- whether future occupiers of the proposed dwelling would have satisfactory living conditions with particular regard to the proposed outdoor space, the amount of light available and the outlook from ground floor habitable rooms
- whether the developer contributions relating to affordable housing, car-free development, carbon offsetting, and the monitoring and management of the obligations are reasonable and necessary to make the development acceptable
What decided it
The defectively drafted car-free development obligation that could not be properly enforced, combined with the unresolved conflict with policies requiring new development to be car-free in this well-connected area, could not be outweighed by the benefits of the proposed development.
Framework references: 9, 8, 124, 126, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy LP27, Policy FS01, Policy LP26, Policy SD4, Policy SD5, Policy E1, Policy D6, Policy LP2, Policy LP17, Policy LP13, Policy H4, Policy T6, Policy LP45, Policy LP55, Policy SI 2
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.