®Planning appeal decision
31 Herbert Road , Woolwich, London, SE18 3SZ
the change of use of part of ground floor from betting shop (Use Class Sui Generis) and amalgamation with the existing ground floor shop unit to create a single commercial unit (Use Class E), change of use of first-floor from tattoo parlour (Use Class Sui Generis) and office space (Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) together with construction of an additional storey via a mansard roof extension and first floor front extension to provide six (6) new residential units with associate balconies, replacement shopfront and associated external works and alterations (Resubmission)
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of dwellings at 29 Herbert Road, with particular regard to privacy
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to light
What decided it
The unacceptable living conditions for both existing and future occupiers, comprising harmful loss of privacy to neighbours and insufficient daylight to future residents, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing supply benefit when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The modest benefit of six additional dwellings contributing to housing supply in an area with a 3.1-year supply was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to living conditions of existing and future occupiers, resulting in the proposal failing to benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy DH(b) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014, Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy H5 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014, Policy DH1 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014
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