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Allowed6 June 20253358065

Booker Cash & Carry, 41 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 5AL

Planning appeal 3358065 at Booker Cash & Carry, 41 Battersea Park Road, London, SW8 5AL (London Borough of Wandsworth) was allowed on 6 June 2025 by Inspector McCreery D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is acceptable in land use terms, paying regard to housing need.

application for phased full planning permission for: demolition of all existing buildings and construction of three new buildings, together comprising residential (Use Class C3) and student accommodation (Sui Generis) along with commercial, business and service (Use Class E) and/or local community and learning (Class F) floorspace. Associated works include hard and soft landscaping, car parking and new vehicular access / servicing, and other ancillary works

Authority
London Borough of Wandsworth
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
McCreery D
Postcode
SW8 5AL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is acceptable in land use terms, paying regard to housing need.
  • The effect on the living conditions of occupiers of surrounding properties and users of amenity spaces.

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that, despite limited policy conflicts, the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole, particularly satisfying the identified need for PBSA and delivering acceptable living condition effects, triggering approval under paragraph 11 of the Framework.

The substantial benefits of brownfield housing delivery, affordable housing provision and meeting identified PBSA need outweighed the moderate conflict with Policy H15 and significant conflict with Policy LP27, resulting in overall accordance with the development plan and a decision to approve.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PM3Policy NE2Policy H15Policy LP28Policy LP28 (Partial Review)Policy LP23APolicy D6Policy LP2Policy LP27Policy LP1Policy LP20Policy H4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 49Paragraph 57Paragraph 58Paragraph 61Paragraph 62Paragraph 63Paragraph 125

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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