®Planning appeal decision
47 Kitchener Road, LONDON, E17 4LJ
change of use of property into a small House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) comprising 5 bedrooms for 6 persons; involving the proposed alterations to existing internal layouts and provision of refuse/recycling and bicycle storage facilities to front garden area
- Authority
- Waltham Forest London Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Teasdale N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed use as a HMO would be acceptable having regard to relevant development plan policies governing such uses
- Whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to internal space, daylight/sunlight, outlook and ventilation
- The effect of the proposed development on parking
What decided it
The proposal fails to meet the minimum original floor space requirement of 124 square metres under Policy 20 of the Waltham Forest Local Plan, and the bedrooms do not meet minimum space standards with particular harm to living conditions from reduced useable space and lack of outlook.
Plan policies cited: Policy 20, Policy 57, Policy 66
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