®Planning appeal decision
12A Haydn Avenue, Purley, SURREY, CR8 4AE
to demolish the brick built detached double garage and timber garden sheds on the land adjacent to the entrance gate to 12A Haydn Avenue. To erect a four bedroom detached house with hard standing for two car parking spaces
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Evans L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the local area
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of adjoining residential neighbours, with particular regard to outlook and overlooking and loss of privacy
- whether the proposal would have a harmful effect on protected species
What decided it
The absence of any information to assess the presence or absence of protected species on the site, combined with the material harm to neighbours' living conditions through overlooking, loss of privacy and loss of outlook, rendered the proposal unsustainable development.
the social and economic benefits of one additional housing unit were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts on the living conditions of existing neighbours and the potential harm to ecological interests and protected species which had not been proven
Framework references: 8, 11, 99, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy D3 of the London Plan, Policy D6 of the London Plan, Policy G6 of the London Plan, Policy DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan, Policy SP4.1 of the Croydon Local Plan, Policy DM27 of the Croydon Local Plan
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.