®Planning appeal decision
17-21 Meadway House , Brighton Road, Surbiton, KT6 5LR
change of use of part of the ground floor, part of the first floor and the second floor of Meadway House from vacant commercial floorspace (Class E) to a large House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) with a total of 11 rooms and a maximum occupancy of 11 persons (Use Class Sui Generis) with associated external alterations
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Major R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide appropriate living conditions for future occupiers, with regard to internal and external communal living space, privacy, outlook, daylight and sunlight
- whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for cycle parking
- the effect of the proposed development on pedestrian and highway safety, with regard to car parking and congestion
What decided it
The failure to provide acceptable living conditions for occupiers of two bedrooms and the failure to provide required cycle parking facilities would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing supply benefits when assessed against the Framework.
The adverse impacts of inadequate living conditions for future occupiers and insufficient cycle parking facilities would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of providing 6 residential units and economic benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
Framework references: 57, 115, 225
Plan policies cited: Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy T5 of the London Plan, Policy T6 of the London Plan, Policy DM6 of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy (2012), Policy DM8 of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy (2012), Policy DM9 of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy (2012), Policy DM10 of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy (2012), Policy DM13 of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy (2012)
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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.