®Planning appeal decision
51-52 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 2EH
the change of use from office (E(g)(i)) to 3 No. residential dwellings (C3) on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, with associated refuse and cycle storage and external alterations to involve increase in height of the existing ground floor extension and replacement of existing first floor rear extension, installation of new shopfront and amalgamation of retail units into a single ground floor retail unit
- Authority
- London Borough of Camden
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- English D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether satisfactory living conditions would be provided for future occupiers of the first floor flat in respect of the layout and design of the rooms
- the effect of the proposed development on business floorspace capacity in the Borough
What decided it
The unduly harmful living conditions that would be created for future occupiers of the single bedroom in the first-floor flat due to its layout, width, and lack of meaningful external outlook outweighed the moderate benefits of delivering three dwellings.
Framework references: 57
Plan policies cited: Policy A1, Policy D1, Policy E1, Policy E2
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