®Planning appeal decision
137 Grange Road, Redbridge, Ilford, IG1 1HA
conversion of existing dwelling into two flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Redbridge
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cowley R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed change of use would be acceptable, with particular regard to the proposed housing mix and the effect on the supply of family-sized dwellings
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to internal and external space provision
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate off-street car parking and the effect on highway and pedestrian safety
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate cycle parking
- The effect of the proposal on the character of the area
What decided it
The cumulative weight of significant harm to housing mix, living conditions for future occupiers, and parking and highway safety, which significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery in the context of undersupply.
The benefits of housing delivery (modest given the small scale) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the cumulative identified harm to housing mix, living conditions for future occupiers, and parking and highway safety, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d) did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 61, 96, 108, 114, 115, 123, 135, 188
Plan policies cited: Policy LP5, Policy LP6, Policy LP23, Policy LP26, Policy LP29, Policy D6, Policy T5, Policy T6
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.