®Planning appeal decision
44 Westmoreland Road, BROMLEY, BR2 0QS
a part-sunken, single-storey 2-bedroom 3-person dwelling (C3 use), with associated amenity space and landscaping to the rear garden area, including the relocation of the existing cycle storage building and amendments to the communal amenity space
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on living conditions for neighbouring residents, with particular regard to the potential for noise disturbance
- Whether the proposed development would demonstrate the highest standards of fire safety
What decided it
The engagement of the tilted balance due to the local authority's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply, combined with the limited scale of harm to character and appearance, meant that the benefits of adding a dwelling to the borough's housing stock outweighed the identified conflicts with the development plan.
The limited harm to character and appearance, which conflicts with the development plan, was outweighed by the considerable weight given to the contribution to housing supply in an area with significant undersupply, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), resulting in permission being granted.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 3 of the BLP, Policy 4 of the BLP, Policy 37 of the BLP, Policy 41 of the BLP, Policy 30 of the BLP, Policy 31 of the BLP, Policy 32 of the BLP, Policy 73 of the BLP, Policy 74 of the BLP, Policy 115 of the BLP, Policy 116 of the BLP, Policy 117 of the BLP, Policy 119 of the BLP, Policy D3 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D4 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D12 of the London Plan 2021, Policy 5.13 of the London Plan 2021, Policy T5 of the London Plan 2021, Policy T7 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.