®Planning appeal decision
Former Long-Term Condition Centre, Harold Wood Hospital, RM3 0AR
Planning appeal 3339526 at Former Long-Term Condition Centre, Harold Wood Hospital, RM3 0AR (London Borough of Havering) was allowed on 15 August 2024 by Inspector Shrigley M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The acceptability of resultant living conditions for any future residents having regard to: outlook; aspect; light; and layout including access, amenity and play space provision.
Demolition of existing structures and comprehensive redevelopment of the site to provide 96 new residential dwellings (Use Class C3) comprising self-contained flats and houses in buildings between 2.5 and 5-storeys in height along with associated car parking, cycle parking, access arrangements, public realm, landscaping, services, and other associated infrastructure
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Shrigley M
- Postcode
- RM3 0AR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The acceptability of resultant living conditions for any future residents having regard to: outlook; aspect; light; and layout including access, amenity and play space provision
- The adequacy of pedestrian and cycle link connections including regard to encourage active travel
- The overall housing mix with respect to market and affordable housing
What decided it
The proposal was found to accord with the development plan taken as a whole, triggering paragraph 11(c) of the Framework, with the substantial benefits of housing delivery also outweighing any limited harms identified.
the substantial benefits of housing delivery, including affordable housing and the sustainable reuse of previously developed land, outweighed the limited harm from short-lived construction noise and disruption, and no departure from adopted housing mix policy was found to exist
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 3Policy 7Policy 23Policy 27Policy 26Policy 5Policy 4Policy 36Policy 22Policy 24Policy D8Policy T1Policy T2Policy T5Policy D3Policy H4Policy H5Policy H6Policy SI 2Policy E11Policy T4Policy SSA1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 129Paragraph 135Paragraph 108Paragraph 115Paragraph 8Paragraph 60Paragraph 11Paragraph 180
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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