62 Herbert Road, LONDON, SE18 3SH

‘construction of a three-story residential building at the land to the rear of No. 62 Herbert Road to provide one (1) new residential unit (Use Class C3)’

Authority: Royal Borough of Greenwich
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bowyer J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not living conditions for future occupiers of the proposed development would be acceptable with particular regard to outlook, privacy and the provision of amenity space
the effect of the proposal on living conditions for occupiers at 60 and 64 Herbert Road in respect of outlook and light
the effect of the proposal on living conditions for occupiers of 62 Herbert Road in respect of light, outlook, privacy, access and amenity space

What decided it

The failure to provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers combined with unacceptable harm to the living conditions of existing residents at 62, 60 and 64 Herbert Road, particularly regarding outlook, privacy and access, outweighed the modest benefits of providing one additional dwelling.

Plan policies cited: Policy D6, Policy H5, Policy DH1, Policy H(c), Policy E(a), Policy DH(b), Policy D14

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