®Planning appeal decision
The Victoria , 757 Woolwich Road, Greenwich, London , SE78LW
the construction of a new first and second floor rear extension to the existing property to create 4no. additional 1-person studio flats, including the alteration of an existing 2-bedroom flat to become a 1-person studio flat
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Watson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide a suitable standard of living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to outside amenity space
- Whether the proposal provides a suitable mix of accommodation
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host building and surrounding area, including the Thames Barrier and Bowater Road Conservation Area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), which required permission to be granted unless the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, a test the Inspector found was not met.
The benefits of providing 4 new dwellings and contributing to housing land supply, together with good access to sustainable transport, attracted moderate weight and outweighed the moderate harms of inadequate living conditions and failure to provide an appropriate accommodation mix, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)
Framework references: 135, 11, 12, 16
Plan policies cited: Policy H5, Policy D6, Policy DH1, Policy H2, Policy H10, Policy DH3, Policy DH(j), Policy HC1, Policy D3
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.