®Planning appeal decision
9 Clifden Road, London, E5 0LL
Planning appeal 3352804 at 9 Clifden Road, London, E5 0LL (London Borough of Hackney) was dismissed on 24 April 2025 by Inspector Livingstone C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the supply of family housing.
Erection of a ground floor 3m wrap-around extension and mansard roof extension, and change of use from a dwellinghouse to a large HMO 7 units
- Authority
- London Borough of Hackney
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Livingstone C
- Postcode
- E5 0LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the supply of family housing
- whether it has been demonstrated that proposed rent levels would be suitable for people on low incomes
- whether the proposal would encourage sustainable modes of transport with regard to parking provision
What decided it
The proposal fails to comply with three separate policy requirements (family housing loss, affordable rent demonstration, and sustainable transport/parking), and while the fallback position of permitted development rights to convert to a smaller HMO outweighs the family housing harm alone, it does not overcome the combined harm from the unresolved affordable housing and parking sustainability failures.
The fallback position of permitted development rights to convert to a 6-person C4 HMO outweighs the harm from loss of family housing, but the benefits of providing an HMO are outweighed by the combined harm from failure to demonstrate affordable rent levels and failure to encourage sustainable modes of transport with regard to parking provision.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP22Policy H8 of the London Plan 2021Policy LP 45
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.
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