®Planning appeal decision
223 Balham High Road, London, SW17 7BQ
Planning appeal 3338541 at 223 Balham High Road, London, SW17 7BQ (London Borough of Wandsworth) was allowed on 24 June 2024 by Inspector Murray D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the scale and design of the development now proposed, and especially the further five storey element, on the character and appearance of the area.
the demolition of existing ground floor commercial unit and erection of a part 3/4/5 storey building with basement to provide commercial (Class E) on the basement and front ground floor and 42 residential units (Class C3) to the rear ground floor and above with private and communal amenity spaces. Provision of cycle storage, refuse storage and landscaping without complying with some conditions attached to planning permission Ref 22/1694, dated 8 March 2022 as amended by further permission 2023/0984, dated 5 April 2023, which also amended the description of the proposed development
- Authority
- London Borough of Wandsworth
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Murray D
- Postcode
- SW17 7BQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the scale and design of the development now proposed, and especially the further five storey element, on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the revised proposal provides an appropriate mix of housing types having regard to the housing needs of the local area
What decided it
The Inspector's overall conclusion that the proposal did not conflict with the development plan when read as a whole, notwithstanding the partial conflict with the housing mix policy.
the partial conflict with the housing mix policy (LP24) was outweighed by the increased, viability-justified affordable housing provision and the policy flexibility recognised in LP24's reasoned justification, such that the scheme did not conflict with the development plan as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP1Policy LP2Policy LP4Policy LP24Policy LP57London Plan Policy G5London Plan Policy SI2London Plan Policy D12Policy DMS3
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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