24 St. Georges Road, ILFORD, IG1 3PQ

change of use from single dwellinghouse to small HMO for up to 6 people

Authority: London Borough of Redbridge
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Ollerenshaw M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would represent an over-concentration of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the area
Whether it would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers having regard to internal space

What decided it

The failure to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers combined with the over-concentration of HMOs in the area significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.

The adverse impacts of over-concentration of HMOs and failure to provide satisfactory living conditions significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited social benefits of affordable accommodation, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: LP26, LP29, Policy D6 of the London Plan

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