®Planning appeal decision
34-40 Old Church Road, London, E4 8DB
change of use of ground floor retail unit (Use Class E) to mixed use retail and residential unit (use classes E/C3) including construction of a ground and first floor rear extension to facilitate the creation of a self-contained flat (1 x 2-bed). Works include construction of an external staircase, boundary treatment, provision of external amenity space, associated landscaping, cycle storage, refuse and recycling facilities
- Authority
- Waltham Forest London Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- The suitability of the proposed access arrangements
What decided it
The unsuitability of the proposed access arrangements, which would fail to provide safe, convenient and legible access to the dwelling as required by development plan policies.
Plan policies cited: LP1 Policy 6, LP1 Policy 16, LP1 Policy 48, LP1 Policy 53, LP1 Policy 57, LP1 Policy 60, LP1 Policy 61, LP1 Policy 93, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D6, London Plan Policy T2, London Plan Policy T4
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