®Planning appeal decision
45b Manor Road, West Ealing, W13 0JA
the construction of a residential building to create 2 x one person 1 bedroom studio flats on lower ground and upper ground floors; associated refuse and cycle storage (following demolition of existing one storey building partially complete)
- Authority
- London Borough of Ealing
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Harrison F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the future occupiers, with regard to private amenity space and floor to ceiling height
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of existing occupiers of Drayton Avenue, with regard to sunlight and outlook
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision for carbon reduction
- whether adequate cycle storage would be provided
What decided it
The significant harm to character and appearance and the unacceptable effect on future occupiers' living conditions regarding amenity space quality outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery, bringing the proposal into conflict with the development plan as a whole.
The limited positive weight given to housing supply and economic benefits was significantly outweighed by the substantial negative weight given to conflicts with the development plan regarding character and appearance and future occupiers' amenity, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy D4, London Plan Policy D5, London Plan Policy D6, London Plan Policy SI1, London Plan Policy T5, DMDPD Policy 3.5, DMDPD Policy 5.2, DMDPD Policy 7.4, DMDPD Policy 7B, DMDPD Policy 7D
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