Nicholas James Care Homes Ltd, 30 Station Road, ORPINGTON, BR6 0SA

without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land from a residential (C3) to a mixed use of residential and office, and the laying of hardstanding in the rear garden to create a car parking area of which together forms the purpose of that mixed use

Authority: London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Naylor R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Effect of the development on character and appearance of the surrounding area
Effect of the development on the living conditions of the adjoining and existing residents

What decided it

The development, operating as a mixed residential and office use with associated car parking, does not have a harmful effect on character and appearance or living conditions of neighbouring properties, and therefore complies with the development plan and the Framework.

Framework references: 56, 135

Plan policies cited: Policy 37, Policy 9

Judgments cited: Thrasyvoulou v SSE & Hackney LBC (No 1) [1984] JPL 732; Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire CC [1980] JPL 598

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