Former Long-Term Condition Centre, Harold Wood Hospital, RM3 0AR

Authority: London Borough of Havering
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Shrigley M

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

Framework references: 129, 135, 108, 115, 8, 60, 11, 180

Plan policies cited: Policy 3, Policy 7, Policy 23, Policy 27, Policy 26, Policy 5, Policy 4, Policy 36, Policy 22, Policy 24, Policy D8, Policy T1, Policy T2, Policy T5, Policy D3, Policy H4, Policy H5, Policy H6, Policy SI 2, Policy E11, Policy T4, Policy SSA1

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