®Planning appeal decision
65 Sangley Road, South Norwood, LONDON, SE25 6QX
a first-floor rear extension and division into two one- bedroom flats and one studio flat on second-floor level within the loft area
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowden N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development upon the availability of family housing
- whether the development would provide adequate living conditions for the occupants having regard to the internal floor area of the dwellings and provision of outdoor amenity space
- the effect of the proposed development on existing on-street parking provision and consequent impacts on the highway network
- whether the development would provide adequate cycle parking and refuse storage facilities for the occupants
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan in multiple respects—loss of family housing, inadequate living conditions, parking shortfall, and insufficient cycle and waste provision—and the Council can demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, so the appeal must be dismissed in accordance with the development plan.
The social and economic benefits of providing two new dwellings were insufficient to outweigh the harms identified in relation to family housing loss, living conditions, parking provision, and cycle and waste storage, and the proposal conflicts with the development plan with no material considerations indicating it should be decided otherwise.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1.2, Policy SP2.7, Policy DM10.4, Policy DM10, Policy DM10.1, Policy DM10.7, Policy SP8, Policy DM29, Policy DM30, Policy DM13, Policy D6, Policy D3, Policy D4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.