®Planning appeal decision
Viking Way Land , Viking Way, Havering , Essex RM YT, RM13 9YT
the construction of a three storey residential building comprising 9 dwellings (4 x 1-bedroom, 4 x 2-bedroom and 1 x 3-bedroom) with private amenity spaces, 5 on-site car parking spaces, communal amenity space, cycle and bin storage
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Francis L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of area, including whether it would preserve or enhance the Rainham Conservation Area
- whether suitable living conditions would be created, with reference to floorspace, private amenity space, outlook and accessibility
- highway safety with particular regard to parking provision, refuse storage and cycle storage
- flood risk
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area, combined with failures in living conditions and highway safety, could not be outweighed by housing benefits because the heritage asset exception in paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework applies.
The benefits of housing delivery and brownfield redevelopment were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the Conservation Area without sufficient public benefits, the harm to living conditions of future occupiers, and highway safety concerns, with the heritage asset exception to the tilted balance applying.
Framework references: 11, 165, 206, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy 7 Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy 26 Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy 28 Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy 23 Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy 24 Havering Local Plan 2021, Policy D6 London Plan 2021, Policy D7 London Plan 2021, Policy T5 London Plan 2021, Policy T6 London Plan 2021
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