®Planning appeal decision
360-364 London Road, Mitcham , Surrey, CR3 3ND
the change of use of the previously-approved flexible commercial floor space at ground floor level into 3 No. self-contained apartments and associated development
- Authority
- London Borough of Merton
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Burley P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether it has been demonstrated that there is no realistic prospect of a commercial use occupying the commercial floorspace
- whether the appeal scheme would provide acceptable living conditions for the future occupiers of the proposed apartments
- whether the proposed development would secure a net biodiversity gain
- whether there is capacity in the local area to accommodate additional car parking demand
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate no realistic prospect of commercial use, combined with unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers, outweighed the benefit of delivering 3 new homes.
The significant positive weight of delivering 3 new homes and neutral weight of biodiversity net gain (by condition) were outweighed by significant negative weight given to the failure to demonstrate no realistic prospect of commercial use and poor quality living conditions for future occupiers, with small negative weight to parking stress.
Framework references: 125
Plan policies cited: MLP Policy EC13.3, MLP Policy D12.3, MLP Policy T16.4, LP Policy D3, LP Policy G6, LP Policy T6
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.