®Planning appeal decision
1 Albert Road, BELVEDERE, DA17 5LQ
change of use of a building from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to a hot food takeaway (Use Class Sui Generis) and provision of extraction flue and shop front change
- Authority
- London Borough of Bexley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is an appropriate location for a hot food takeaway having regard to the existing concentration of such uses in the Upper Belvedere town centre and the proximity of the Lessness Heath Primary School
- the effect of car and scooter movements associated with the proposed use on parking and the free flow of traffic and highway safety
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with development plan policies DP9 and DP24 by exacerbating an overconcentration of takeaway uses in the town centre and failing to demonstrate that car and scooter movements would not adversely affect highway safety and traffic flow at a complex junction near a primary school.
Plan policies cited: Policy DP9, Policy DP24, Policy E9
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.