®Planning appeal decision
12 Randall Place, LONDON, SE10 9LA
‘demolition of the existing building fronting Randall Place to allow the erection of a new building providing community facilities at ground floor and residential units over upper floors’
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Wright A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed scheme would be in a suitable location, with reference to policies concerned with development in areas at risk of flooding
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties, and whether acceptable living conditions would be provided for future occupiers, with particular regard to light, privacy and outlook
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the proposed scheme would be in a suitable location with reference to flood risk policies, combined with unacceptable harm to neighbouring living conditions and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers, provided strong reasons for refusal under paragraph 11(d)(i) of the Framework.
The benefits of housing delivery, community facilities, brownfield reuse, biodiversity net gain and economic benefits were outweighed by the unacceptable effect on neighbouring living conditions, unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers, and the failure to satisfy the sequential test for flood risk, which provided a strong reason for refusal.
Framework references: 11, 11(d), 11(d)(i)
Plan policies cited: Policy E2 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan: Core Strategy with Detailed Policies 2014, Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy H5 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan, Policy DH(b) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan
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.