275 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR0 7HY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• Whether the Council behaved unreasonably in respect of co-operation and pre-application discussions
• Whether the Council prevented or delayed development which should clearly be permitted
• Whether the Council failed to produce evidence to substantiate each reason for refusal, and whether reasons were based on vague, generalised or inaccurate assertions unsupported by objective analysis
• Whether the appeals were refused on grounds capable of being dealt with by conditions
• Whether the Council acted contrary to, or did not follow, well-established case law, and whether similar cases were determined in a consistent manner
• Whether reserved matters approval was refused when objections related to issues that should already have been considered at the outline stage

What decided it

The Inspector found that the Council's reasons for refusal were reasonably substantiated and that each appeal was properly dismissed on its planning merits, so the appeals could not have been avoided by different Council behaviour.