®Planning appeal decision
La Sports Club, St Dunstan's Lane, Beckenham, BR3 3SS
Planning appeal 3331069 at La Sports Club, St Dunstan's Lane, Beckenham, BR3 3SS (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 11 September 2024 by Inspector Reid L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is inappropriate development on Metropolitan Open Land having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policies, including the effect on openness.
to convert an existing garage/store to create a café with canopy over external seating area for use only by the Sports Club when sports and recreational activities take place
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Reid L
- Postcode
- BR3 3SS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development on Metropolitan Open Land having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policies, including the effect on openness
- the effect of the development on flood risk
- if the development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development on Metropolitan Open Land that fails to preserve openness and causes moderate flood risk harm, and the benefits to the sports club do not clearly outweigh these harms to constitute very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 50Policy 115Policy 49Policy G3Policy S1 12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 173
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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