®Planning appeal decision
1 Charlbury Crescent, Romford, Havering, RM3 8YR
alterations to existing property to create a 1-bed ground floor flat and 2 storey 4-bed dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Havering
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers in respect of the amount and quality of outdoor amenity space, privacy and outlook
- Whether the proposed development would deliver biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate compliance with the mandatory biodiversity net gain requirement, which the Inspector assigned significant weight against the proposal, outweighed the modest benefits of additional housing delivery.
The modest benefits of additional housing and optimal use of land were outweighed by the significant weight assigned to the lack of biodiversity net gain, such that the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy D6 of The London Plan, adopted March 2021, Policy 7 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, adopted November 2021, Policy 9 of the Havering Local Plan 2016-2031, adopted November 2021
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.