®Planning appeal decision
64 INVERINE ROAD, CHARLTON, LONDON, SE7 7NL
the conversion of existing dwellinghouse into two flats including the erection of a single-storey rear extension, provision of cycle and refuse storage to the front and all other associated alterations
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Dryden K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the provision of family sized accommodation
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for its future occupants with regard to private outdoor amenity space for the first floor flat
What decided it
The loss of family-sized accommodation and inadequate private outdoor amenity space for the first floor flat, when weighed against the modest housing benefit, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits under the tilted balance test.
The modest benefit of one additional residential unit on a brownfield site with good access to services and facilities, and temporary economic benefits during construction, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm of loss of family-sized accommodation and unacceptable living conditions regarding private outdoor amenity space.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy H(b) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan, Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), Policy D6 of The London Plan (2021), Policy H5 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan, Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014), Policy DH1 of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan, Core Strategy with Detailed Policies (2014)
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.