®Planning appeal decision
Eden Park High School, Balmoral Avenue, Beckenham, London Borough of Bromley, BR3 3RD
Outline application for the erection of 2 buildings of two to three storeys comprising 13,508 square metres (Gross External Area) of Class D1 floorspace to provide an 8 form entry plus 6th form school (up to 1,680 pupils) and sports hall, 17.200 square metres for playing fields, 2,190 square metres Multi Use Games Area with community use and associated development including car parking spaces, cycle parking spaces, floodlighting, new pedestrian and vehicular accesses, servicing and storage” without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref DC/16/03145/OUT, dated 14 June 2017
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Knight A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the appeal scheme on the living conditions of neighbours, with particular regard to noise
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate through adequate assessment and mitigation that the extended use of the sports pitch would not cause unacceptable harm from maximum noise levels (Lmax) to the living conditions of neighbouring residents, contrary to the 'Agent of Change' principle and local plan policies protecting residential amenity.
Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, Policy T18, Policy D13, Policy D14, Policy 119 of the Bromley Local Plan (2019), Policies D13 and D14 of the London Plan
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.