®Planning appeal decision
4 Holstock Road, Ilford, ESSEX, IG1 1LG
change of use from existing HMO to a large HMO for 8 people Sui Generis including internal alteration (Retrospective)
- Authority
- London Borough of Redbridge
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Caines A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would provide acceptable living conditions for its occupants, with particular regard to internal space and communal living provision
What decided it
The fundamental failure to meet minimum internal space and communal living standards required by Policy LP6 and the Redbridge Housing Design SPD, resulting in substandard living conditions that substantially and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing supply benefits.
The modest benefits of additional housing supply in a borough with a significant shortfall were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm arising from failure to meet minimum space standards and resulting poor living conditions, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy LP6, Policy LP26
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.