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Notice varied and upheld15 October 20253363900

London Electricity Board Depot, Churchfields Road, London, BR3 4QY

Planning appeal 3363900 at London Electricity Board Depot, Churchfields Road, London, BR3 4QY (London Borough of Bromley) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 October 2025 by Inspector Madge M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the development's effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with regards to noise and disturbance associated with comings and goings to and from the site as well as on site activities.

Full application for the temporary (5 years) change of use from Sui Generis formed of an electricity undertaker’s depot to a dual use of Class B8 and Sui Generis retaining the existing electricity undertaker’s depot. Retrospective

Authority
London Borough of Bromley
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
BR3 4QY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the development's effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with regards to noise and disturbance associated with comings and goings to and from the site as well as on site activities
  • the development's effect on highway safety

What decided it

Whether the noise and traffic impacts on neighbouring residents and highway safety could be adequately mitigated through planning conditions.

the benefits of intensifying the use of underused previously developed industrial land for employment purposes were not outweighed by noise or highway safety harm once mitigated by conditions restricting hours, out-of-hours HGV movements and pole cutting

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GG2Policy D3Policy E4Policy E7Policy 83Policy 119Policy D13Policy D14Policy T3Policy 32Policy 31Policy 37Policy 122
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 198

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