®Planning appeal decision
Burnhill House, 50 Burnhill Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LA
for the change of use of part of ground floor and part of first floor from ancillary office / storage and facilities to provide 4 no. residential flats (3 no. 1 bedroom flats and 1 no. studio flat), alterations to southern elevation at ground floor level, and creation of external amenity space at ground floor, along with associated refuse and cycle storage
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Housden C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the future occupiers of Plots A and B, with particular regard to noise and disturbance including the agent of change; the provision of sunlight and daylight; and outlook
What decided it
The inadequate noise mitigation, which relies on future occupiers' behaviour rather than physical measures and cannot be enforced, would result in significant adverse effects on living conditions that substantially and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery.
The substantial harm to living conditions from inadequate noise mitigation and breach of agent of change principles significantly and demonstrably outweighs the moderate benefits of housing delivery, brownfield reuse and economic benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
Framework references: 11, 124, 125, 130, 135, 139, 198, 200, 232
Plan policies cited: Bromley Local Plan (2019) Policy 4, Bromley Local Plan (2019) Policy 10, Bromley Local Plan (2019) Policy 37, London Plan (2021) Policy D3, London Plan (2021) Policy D6, London Plan (2021) Policy D13
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