®Planning appeal decision
32 Woodstock Gardens, Seven Kings, London , IG3 9SZ
the ‘change of use from current authorised use class C3 to use class C2 (residential care home for young people) for up to 8 residents including associated external storage area, parking as well as refuse and bicycle storage areas (part retrospective).’
- Authority
- London Borough of Redbridge
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Clowes M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the supply of housing within the borough, including whether there is a defined local need for specialist care accommodation, whether the proposal would cater for the needs of the Borough, and whether it would result in the unacceptable loss of a family sized dwelling
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The proposal would result in the loss of a family-sized dwelling without a secure mechanism to ensure the care home would serve borough residents, and would cause material harm to neighbouring living conditions through noise and disturbance, which substantially and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of providing supported accommodation.
The substantial adverse impacts of the loss of a family-sized dwelling and harm to neighbouring living conditions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of providing supported accommodation without a secure mechanism to target borough residents, such that the proposal conflicted with the development plan and no material considerations including paragraph 11 of the NPPF could outweigh this conflict.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy LP4, Policy LP5, Policy LP2, Policy LP26(2)(l), Policy LP4(c)
Judgments cited: North Devon DC v FSS & Southern Childcare Ltd [2003] JPL 1191
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.