®Planning appeal decision
198 Green Street, Forest Gate, LONDON, E7 8JT
the change of use of part of the existing ground floor from residential (Class C3 (a)) to retail use (class E(a)) including internal alterations with self-containment of the remaining part ground floor, first and second floors to provide a four bedroom family flat unit
- Authority
- London Borough of Newham
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Whitfield H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of nearby designated town and local centres
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants of the flat with particular regard to internal space, daylight and outlook
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate through a sequential test that no suitable town centre or edge-of-centre sites were available, combined with the risk of cumulative harm to the vitality and viability of designated centres through out-of-centre retail development, outweighed the acceptable living conditions that would be provided.
Framework references: 135
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy SP6, Policy SP7, Policy J1, Policy INF5, Policy SD6, Policy SD7, Policy SD8, Policy D6, Policy H1, Policy H8, Policy H9, Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy H4, Policy GG4, Policy D3
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.