®Planning appeal decision
2 Lakedale Road, Greenwich, Plumstead, SE18 1PP
a “change of use from commercial to C3
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davis T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the loss of employment space is acceptable having regard to the development plan
- whether the proposed development would provide future occupiers with living conditions of an acceptable quality having regard to internal and external areas
What decided it
The adverse impacts of the loss of employment floorspace and failure to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, particularly inadequate daylight, sunlight, outlook and private outside space, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Although the LPA cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and paragraph 11 of the NPPF is engaged, the harm from loss of employment floorspace and failure to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of the proposal, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy EA(A) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy and Detailed Polices 2014, Policy E4 of the London Plan 2021, Policy E7 of the London Plan 2021, Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy H2 of the London Plan 2021, Policy H10 of the London Plan 2021, RGLP Policy H2, RGLP Policy H5, RGLP Policy DH1, LP Policy GG2
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.