®Planning appeal decision
118, Woodford Avenue,, Redbridge, IG2 6XB
Planning appeal 6000935 at 118, Woodford Avenue,, Redbridge, IG2 6XB (London Borough of Redbridge) was dismissed on 23 December 2025 by Inspector Whitfield H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the supply of family-sized housing in the Borough.
the conversion from a single dwelling house into 2no. self-contained (2x2 bedroom) flats with associated car parking/cycle storage, waste/refuse and amenity space
- Authority
- London Borough of Redbridge
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Whitfield H
- Postcode
- IG2 6XB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the supply of family-sized housing in the Borough
- whether the development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants of the ground floor flat, with regard to outlook and light
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety on Woodford Avenue
What decided it
The loss of an existing 3-bedroomed family-sized dwelling, which the development plan specifically seeks to protect, combined with the failure to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants due to severely limited outlook, outweighed the limited benefits of delivering one net additional smaller dwelling.
The limited benefits of making more effective use of land and delivering one net additional dwelling were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by the loss of family-sized housing and failure to provide acceptable living conditions, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LP5Policy LP6Policy LP22Policy LP23Policy LP29Policy T.61Policy D6Policy T2Policy T4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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