®Planning appeal decision
32 Saunders Road, London, SE18 1NU
Planning appeal 3319310 at 32 Saunders Road, London, SE18 1NU (Royal Borough of Greenwich) was dismissed on 22 September 2023 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development provides acceptable living conditions for the occupants, with particular regard to internal space, internal facilities and external amenity space.
the change of use of part of the application building from a dwelling house (use class C3) to a large HMO (sui generis use class) and creating a one-bedroom ground floor flat (use class C3), addition of side entrance door and associated external works
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wright A
- Postcode
- SE18 1NU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development provides acceptable living conditions for the occupants, with particular regard to internal space, internal facilities and external amenity space
What decided it
The unacceptable living conditions for occupants arising from substandard internal space, internal facilities and external amenity space significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
the adverse impacts of the proposal arising from unacceptable living conditions for occupants significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of housing delivery when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021Policy DH1 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014Policy H5 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014Policy H9 of the London PlanPolicy H2 of the Local Plan
- 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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