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Dismissed11 November 20256000445

702 Woolwich Road, London, SE7 8LQ

Planning appeal 6000445 at 702 Woolwich Road, London, SE7 8LQ (Royal Borough of Greenwich) was dismissed on 11 November 2025 by Inspector Dring G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the availability of employment space within the area.

Change of use of two commercial units to two self-contained one-bedroom flats (Class E to Class C3)

Authority
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Dring G
Postcode
SE7 8LQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the development on the availability of employment space within the area
  • whether the development provides adequate living conditions for occupiers with particular regard to outdoor amenity space, outlook, privacy, daylight and sunlight

What decided it

The cumulative harm from loss of employment space and inadequate living conditions, particularly insufficient outdoor amenity space and compromised outlook and privacy, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited housing benefits even under the tilted balance.

The limited social and economic benefits of two flats in an urban location with good services were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harms to employment space availability and living conditions, despite the Council's inability to demonstrate five-year housing land supply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EA(a)Policy EA1Policy D6Policy H5Policy DH1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 85Paragraph 135

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