Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed28 May 20253358472

4 Marlborough Road, London, E15 1UQ

Planning appeal 3358472 at 4 Marlborough Road, London, E15 1UQ (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 May 2025 by Inspector Poole S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal scheme accords with development plan policy in relation to HMOs, with particular regard to internal space standards.

a change of use from Use Class C3 (dwelling house) to Use Class C4 (house in multiple occupation)

Authority
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Poole S
Postcode
E15 1UQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the appeal scheme accords with development plan policy in relation to HMOs, with particular regard to internal space standards
  • whether the appeal scheme makes adequate provision for cycle storage
  • the effect of the appeal scheme on on-street parking and the promotion of sustainable transport

What decided it

The appeal property's gross internal floorspace falls below the 124sqm threshold set by Policy 20 and the bedroom space standards are not met, resulting in unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 20Policy 15Policy 61Policy 66Appendix 1

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

559 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Waltham Forest London Borough Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed28 September 20266011324
    L/A to 2 Claremont Road, London, E17 5RJ
  2. Dismissed18 September 20266011375
    Land to R/O 34-40 Hillcrest Road, Walthamstow, E17 4AP
  3. Allowed21 July 20266006927
    8 Mulberry Close, Chingford, London, E4 8BS
  4. Allowed16 July 20266007500
    38 Second Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 9QH
  5. Dismissed22 May 20266003136
    52 Withy Mead, Chingford, Waltham Forest, E4 6JZ

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.