®Planning appeal decision
2 & 5 Clubb Close, London, SE18 1DX
for the change of use of two commercial units into two residential flats
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Marriott H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers with particular regard to outdoor amenity space, privacy, light and outlook
- the effect of the proposed development on the availability of employment space within the area
What decided it
The failure to provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers, combined with undemonstrated harm to employment space availability, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the housing benefits, precluding the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d).
The modest contribution to housing supply was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the collective harms of inadequate living conditions and loss of employment space, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy D6 of The London Plan (2021), Policy H5 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), Policy DH1 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), Policy EA1 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), Policy EA(a) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), Policy E2 of The London Plan (2021)
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.