®Planning appeal decision
406-408 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LJ
without planning permission, the change of use of part of the property to a place of worship (namely, the basement and ground floor of the building)
- Authority
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site amounts to an acceptable location for a place of worship
- the effects on parking/highway safety
- the effects on the living conditions of local residents with regards to general disturbance
- whether sufficient information has been provided on employment matters
What decided it
The site does not amount to an acceptable location for a place of worship under DM Policy 44 due to inadequate public transport accessibility and inability to accommodate appropriate parking levels without causing significant parking stress and disturbance to local residents.
Plan policies cited: DM Policy 44, CS Policy 6, London Plan Policy T6.5, London Plan Policy T5, CS Policy 14, London Plan Policy T6, DM Policy 29, CS Policy 15, DM Policy 30
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.