Planning appeal decision
10 Sterry Crescent, Dagenham, RM10 8QB
Planning appeal 3324325 at 10 Sterry Crescent, Dagenham, RM10 8QB (London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 August 2024 by Inspector Thompson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the stock of family housing in the borough.
without planning permission, the unauthorised material change of use of a single-family dwellinghouse to a House of Multiple Occupation
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
- Postcode
- RM10 8QB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the stock of family housing in the borough
- The living conditions of occupants with regard to the standard of accommodation
- The living conditions of neighbouring occupants with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- The availability of on-street parking
What decided it
The substandard living conditions for occupants, particularly the inadequate kitchen, lack of communal amenity space, and undersized bedrooms that would force occupants to spend unreasonable time in bedrooms, breached the Framework's requirement for high standards of amenity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BC4Policy BP8Policy BR9
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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