®Planning appeal decision
27A Herbert Road, Plumstead, London, SE18 3TB
erection of two additional stories to the existing single storey building comprising 1 x 2 bedroom apartment
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the flats at 29 Herbert Road with particular reference to daylight, outlook and visual impact
What decided it
The shortfall in housing land supply (3.1 years) and the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework outweighed the conflict with the development plan and the harm to neighbours' outlook.
The harm to the living conditions of two flats' outlook was outweighed by the benefits of delivering an additional housing unit in a Borough with significant housing shortfall, the visual enhancement of an unattractive building, and the sustainable location on brownfield land within an existing settlement.
Framework references: 11, 70
Plan policies cited: Policy DH(b) of the Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014, Core Strategy Policy TC7
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.