®Planning appeal decision
Crystal Palace Football Club Youth Academy, Beckenham, London, BR3 1NZ
Planning appeal 3353877 at Crystal Palace Football Club Youth Academy, Beckenham, London, BR3 1NZ (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 28 July 2026 by Inspector Perkins L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c).
the failure to comply with a condition imposed on a planning permission, ref 19/04644/FULL1, granted on 11 June 2020
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Perkins L
- Postcode
- BR3 1RJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the matters stated in the enforcement notice constitute a breach of planning control (ground c)
- Whether planning permission ought to be granted for the matters stated in the notice, specifically the effect of varying the Car Park Management Plan to allow late-night coach drop-offs on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to noise and disturbance (ground a)
What decided it
The harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residents from noise and disturbance caused by late-night coach drop-offs in a quiet suburban residential area outweighed any practical necessity for the appellant's operations and could not be adequately controlled or mitigated by the proposed Code of Conduct.
The practical necessity and public benefit of the club's youth academy operations were outweighed by the significant harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residents from noise and disturbance caused by late-night coach drop-offs.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 37(e)Policy 119
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 187(e)Paragraph 198
- Judgments
- Trump International Gold Club Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; Dunnett Investments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWCA Civ 192
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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