®Planning appeal decision
21-27 Dalton Street, London, SE27 9HS
the conversion of commercial space (Use Class E), to a one-bedroom two-person apartment (Use Class C3), plus associated works to the ground floor frontage, provision of refuse store and cycle store
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether it has been adequately demonstrated that there is no demand for the existing office floorspace
- The effect of the proposed front boundary treatment on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposed dwelling would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to daylight and sunlight, outlook, privacy, and natural ventilation
- Whether the development would adequately promote sustainable means of travel, and mitigate its effects on the surrounding highway and transport networks
What decided it
The proposed dwelling would not provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers due to inadequate daylight, sunlight and outlook, combined with the failure to adequately justify the loss of office floorspace and defects in the s.106 obligation securing sustainable transport measures.
The social and economic benefits of providing one additional dwelling in a well-connected location with good services were outweighed by the significant harm arising from unacceptable living conditions, unjustified loss of office floorspace, and inadequate sustainable transport provision, such that the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 115, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy ED1, Policy H5, Policy Q2, Policy Q15, Policy T3, Policy T6, Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policy T6 of the London Plan 2021
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.