®Planning appeal decision
Garages Adjacent to No 2 Shrewsbury Road, London, London, BR3 4DB
Planning appeal 3359916 at Garages Adjacent to No 2 Shrewsbury Road, London, London, BR3 4DB (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 8 July 2025 by Inspector Han U, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
‘Re-development of garages on site between and part behind No 2 and 4 Shrewsbury Road, to provide 1 pair of semi-detached dwellings, each 3B5P, and 1No single storey(2B4P) dwelling at the rear, and private amenity spaces, and alterations to existing dropped kerb.’
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Han U
- Postcode
- BR3 4DB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the minimum information requirements set out in Article 7 of the DMPO that should accompany applications that are subject to the biodiversity net gain condition have been met
What decided it
The minimum information requirements set out in Article 7 of the DMPO have not been met, which is a fundamental flaw of the proposal and a matter of principal importance given that biodiversity net gain is a statutory requirement.
The moderate benefits of delivering three dwellings on a brownfield site would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate harm to character and appearance when assessed against the Framework as a whole, but the appeal was dismissed on the separate ground of non-compliance with the DMPO.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 3 of the BLPPolicy 4 of the BLPPolicy 37 of the BLPPolicy 8 of the BLPPolicy D3 of the LonPPolicy D4 of the LonPPolicy H2 of the LonP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 232Paragraph 11
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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