23B Blenheim Park Road, SOUTH CROYDON, CR2 6BG

conversion of first floor flat to 1 x 1 bedroom flat and 1 x studio flat together with waste and cycle storages

Authority: London Borough of Croydon
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Lawrence E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the supply of family homes within the borough
Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for the occupiers of the proposed flats, with particular regard to accessible garden area

What decided it

The proposal would result in the loss of a residential unit with a floor area of less than 130m², conflicting with LP Policy DM1.2 which seeks to prevent such losses, and this harm to family housing supply outweighed the modest housing contribution and satisfactory living conditions.

Plan policies cited: LP Policy SP2.7, LP Policy DM1.2, LP Policy SP2.8, LP Policy DM10.4, LP Policy DM10.5, London Plan Policy D6, London Plan Policy S4

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