®Planning appeal decision
2 Lakedale Road, Greenwich, Plumstead, SE18 1PP
Planning appeal 6001327 at 2 Lakedale Road, Greenwich, Plumstead, SE18 1PP (Royal Borough of Greenwich) was dismissed on 8 April 2026 by Inspector Davis T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the loss of employment space is acceptable having regard to the development plan.
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- Authority
- Royal Borough of Greenwich
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davis T
- Postcode
- SE18 1PP
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EA(A) of the Royal Greenwich Local Plan Core Strategy and Detailed Polices 2014Policy E4 of the London Plan 2021Policy E7 of the London Plan 2021Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021Policy H2 of the London Plan 2021Policy H10 of the London Plan 2021RGLP Policy H2RGLP Policy H5RGLP Policy DH1LP Policy GG2
- 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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