®Planning appeal decision
Kingsley House, 5 High Street, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5AB
part change of use from offices (use class E) to residential (use class C3) to form 2 x dwellings (1 x 2 bedroom and 1 x 3 bedroom flats)
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The potential effect of the proposed development on the economic vitality and viability of Chislehurst Local Centre
What decided it
The absence of any recent active marketing of the office space or viability assessment demonstrating that refurbishment was not feasible, as required by development plan policies, combined with the significant harm to the economic vitality and viability of the town centre, outweighed the modest housing benefit in the planning balance.
The modest housing benefit of two dwellings and limited economic benefits from future residents were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to the economic vitality and viability of Chislehurst Local Centre and conflict with development plan policies protecting employment uses in town centres, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SD6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy 10 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan 2019, Policy 83 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan 2019, Policy 97 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan 2019
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.