®Planning appeal decision
Glory House, 2 Tabernacle Avenue, LONDON, E13 8EG
demolition of existing church buildings and erection of new mixed use development of 3, 5 and 6 storeys to provide a community use (Use Class E), 80 self-contained residential apartments, amenity space, refuse storage and cycle parking
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Spencer D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether in the absence of an affordable housing contribution, the appeal proposal would accord with the development plan, and otherwise amount to sustainable development
What decided it
The detailed viability evidence demonstrating that the scheme cannot viably provide affordable housing, combined with the fallback position of the extant 2023 permission which would have provided only 12.5% affordable housing, justified the absence of affordable housing provision subject to review mechanisms.
The significant housing benefits and optimal redevelopment of previously-developed land in a sustainable location outweighed the absence of affordable housing provision, which was justified by detailed viability evidence and secured by review mechanisms in the Section 106 agreement
Framework references: 11, 56, 57, 58, 181
Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy H4, London Plan Policy H5, London Plan Policy H6, London Plan Policy S1, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D4, London Plan Policy D9, London Plan Policy G5, London Plan Policy G6, London Plan Policy HC1, London Plan Policy E11, London Plan Policy SI2, London Plan Policy SI3, London Plan Policy SI4, London Plan Policy SI13, London Plan Policy T2, London Plan Policy T4, London Plan Policy T6, London Plan Policy D7, Newham Local Plan Policy H1, Newham Local Plan Policy H2, Newham Local Plan Policy INF2, Newham Local Plan Policy INF8, Newham Local Plan Policy S1, Newham Local Plan Policy S6, Newham Local Plan Policy SP1, Newham Local Plan Policy SP3, Newham Local Plan Policy SP4, Newham Local Plan Policy SP5, Newham Local Plan Policy SP8, Newham Local Plan Policy SC1, Newham Local Plan Policy SC2, Newham Local Plan Policy SC3, Newham Local Plan Policy SC4, Newham Local Plan Policy J1, Newham Local Plan Policy J3
Judgments cited: Mansell v Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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