®Planning appeal decision
Unit 1, Huntswharf House Leaside Road, LONDON, E5 9UE
without planning permission, the material change in use of the property to a learning and non-residential institution for the provision of education (Use Class F1 (a))
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- White P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the provision of employment and commercial floorspace within the Theydon Road Priority Industrial Area
- The suitability of the development in the area, with particular regard to the industrial nature of the area, accessibility of the development, and its effect on highway safety and the surrounding transport infrastructure
- The suitability of the building for the use, with particular regard to its entrance facilities, the extent of external space, and cycle and waste storage facilities
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of residential occupiers of the building
- The need for the development to serve the local Jewish Hareidi community
What decided it
The significant benefit of meeting the specific and otherwise unmet educational needs of the Satmar Hareidi community outweighed the significant harm arising from the loss of employment and industrial floorspace.
The significant benefits of meeting the specific educational needs of the Satmar Hareidi community, together with moderate benefit from accordance with most other development plan policies, outweighed the significant harm to employment/industrial floorspace policies and limited additional harm from noise and security concerns, tipping the balance in favour of allowing the appeal.
Plan policies cited: Policy LP26, Policy LP28, Policy LP29, Policy LP8, Policy LP42, Policy LP43, Policy LP57, Policy LP2, London Plan Policy S3, London Plan Policy T4, London Plan Policy T5, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D13, London Plan Policy D14
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.