138 Albion Road, LONDON, N16 9PA

the conversion of the lower ground floor and ground floor former shop to two 1-bedroom self-contained residential flats

Authority: London Borough of Hackney
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Plenty B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposed development would make an appropriate affordable housing contribution
whether the proposal would make an appropriate contribution towards carbon offset measures and ‘car free’ development

What decided it

The appellant's viability evidence demonstrated that the development could not generate sufficient value to make an affordable housing contribution without rendering the scheme unviable.

Framework references: 57, 64

Plan policies cited: Policy H4 (London Plan), Policy H2 (London Plan), HLP Policy LP13, HLP Policy LP33, HLP Policy LP41, HLP Policy LP42, HLP Policy LP43, HLP Policy LP44, HLP Policy LP45, HLP Policy LP54, HLP Policy LP55, HLP Policy LP57

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