®Planning appeal decision
1 Ardgown Road, London, Lewisham, SE6 1AJ
a change of use from a House in Multiple Occupation (“HMO”) for use by no more than 6 persons (Use Class C4) to a seven-bedroom HMO (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the use of the appeal property as a larger HMO would be acceptable in terms of its effect on housing supply, with particular regard to the provision of family housing in the area
- The effect of the proposed development on parking stress in the area
What decided it
The material considerations that the property is already a small HMO, capacity would increase by only one bedroom, and the site is only slightly outside an area with adequate public transport accessibility, outweigh the conflict with DM Policy 6's PTAL requirement.
Plan policies cited: DM Policy 6, DM Policy 32, Policy 1 of the 2011 Lewisham Core Strategy, DM Policy 3, Policy 14 of the Lewisham Core Strategy, DM Policy 29, Policy 13 of the Lewisham Core Strategy, Policy T5 of the London Plan 2021, Policies T4 and T6 of the London Plan 2021
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.