®Planning appeal decision
Camden Goods Yard, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH
Planning appeal 3369926 at Camden Goods Yard, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH (London Borough of Camden) was allowed on 18 May 2026 by Inspector Brooker M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal scheme would make an appropriate provision for affordable housing with particular regards to quantum, type, mix and the provisions of policy H4 of the Camden Local Plan and policy H5 of the London Plan.
Variation of Conditions 4, 5, 6 (approved drawings) and 36 (PFS retail) of planning permission 2017/3847/P for redevelopment of the petrol filling station site and main supermarket site at Camden Goods Yard to provide new homes, non-residential floorspace, an EV charging station and associated works, without complying with conditions 3, 4, 5, 6 and 73 of permission 2022/3646/P.
- Authority
- London Borough of Camden
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Brooker M
- Postcode
- NW1 8EH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal scheme would make an appropriate provision for affordable housing with particular regards to quantum, type, mix and the provisions of policy H4 of the Camden Local Plan and policy H5 of the London Plan
- Whether any adverse impacts of the appeal scheme would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, when assessed against the policies in this Framework taken as a whole and other material considerations
What decided it
The appellant's viability evidence demonstrated that the reduced affordable housing provision was justified, and the resulting housing and affordable housing delivery benefits, in the context of a 2.8-year housing land supply, outweighed the heritage harm and reduced affordable housing quantum.
The great weight afforded to the delivery of housing and affordable housing, given the absence of a 5-year housing land supply and high unmet need, outweighed the modest less than substantial heritage harm to several designated assets and the reduced affordable housing quantum, such that adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H4Policy H5Policy H6Policy H7Policy D2Policy HC1Policy T1Policy CC1Policy CC2Policy CC3Policy SI2Policy SI12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57
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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