®Planning appeal decision
Apco Plumbing, 66 Victoria Road, Romford, RM1 2LA
Planning appeal 3329497 at Apco Plumbing, 66 Victoria Road, Romford, RM1 2LA (London Borough of Havering) was dismissed on 23 May 2024 by Inspector Hickey A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide a satisfactory standard of accommodation for future occupiers.
partial demolition of existing e class building and part change of use to provide ground floor commercial unit and 4 new dwellings together with refuse and cycle provision and private amenity space per unit
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hickey A
- Postcode
- RM1 2LA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide a satisfactory standard of accommodation for future occupiers
- the effect of the development on the vitality and viability of the Romford Metropolitan Centre (RMC)
- whether the proposal would achieve a satisfactory mix of dwellings
- Vehicle parking
What decided it
The harm to living conditions of future occupiers, the vitality and viability of the Romford Metropolitan Centre, and the failure to provide an acceptable housing mix significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of three additional dwellings and economic gains.
The modest benefits of three additional dwellings, economic benefits during construction and from future occupants, and environmental benefits from landscaping were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by harm to the vitality and viability of the RMC, living conditions of future occupants, and an unacceptable housing mix.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 7 of the Havering Local PlanLondon Plan Policy D3London Plan Policy D4London Plan Policy D6Policy 13 of the Havering Local PlanLondon Plan Policy SD6London Plan Policy E9Policy 5 of the Havering Local PlanPolicy 24 of the Havering Local Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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