Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed3 April 20253352529

8 Wheatsheaf Road, Romford, RM1 2HJ

Planning appeal 3352529 at 8 Wheatsheaf Road, Romford, RM1 2HJ (London Borough of Havering) was dismissed on 3 April 2025 by Inspector Chalk M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the supply of family housing.

5 bed HMO

Authority
London Borough of Havering
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Chalk M
Postcode
RM1 2HJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the supply of family housing
  • Whether the accommodation provides an acceptable standard of living for occupiers
  • The effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to noise

What decided it

The loss of a small family house for which there is identified need, combined with the property's failure to meet expected HMO accommodation standards, outweighed any other considerations.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 8Policy 7

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

426 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Havering

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed27 May 20266003548
    37 Wigton Road, Romford, Essex, RM3 9HB
  2. Notice varied and upheld22 May 20263351504
    159-161 Billet Lane, Hornchurch , RM11 1UR
  3. Dismissed21 May 20266003382
    Rear of 73 Front Lane, Upminster, RM14 1XL
  4. Dismissed18 May 20266002795
    41, Cross Road, Mawneys, Romford, RM7 8AU
  5. Allowed15 May 20266005087
    Land to the Rear of 55-67 Petersfield Avenue, Harold Hill, Romford, Havering, RM3 9PR

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.