®Planning appeal decision
10 St Andrews Avenue, Hornchurch, ESSEX, RM12 5DT
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the rear garage to use for private laundry business
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Satheesan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of nearby residential occupiers of St Andrews Avenue with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- The effect of the development on the character of the area
- The adequacy of parking provision to serve the private laundry business use, and the effect of any lack of provision on surrounding residential occupiers and highway safety
What decided it
The development fails to provide acceptable living conditions for neighbouring occupiers due to noise and disturbance, harms the residential character of the area, and creates additional on-street parking pressure in an already stressed area, all contrary to the development plan with no material considerations outweighing these harms.
Plan policies cited: Policy 34 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy D13 of the London Plan 2021, Policy 26 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021, Policy T6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy 7 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy 23 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, Policy 24 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031
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