The Overdraft Tavern PH, 200-202 High Street North, East Ham, E6 2JA

change of use of rear of the existing public house (sui-generis) to a two bedroom duplex residential dwelling

Authority: London Borough of Newham
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: E6 2JA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the viability of the public house and the vitality of the wider town centre

What decided it

The evidence that the floor space had not been used as part of the public house for an extended period (since September 2017) and that the public house had successfully continued to operate without it for six years, overcoming the concerns raised in the previous appeal decision.

Plan policies cited: London Plan (2021) Policy S1, London Plan (2021) Policy SD6, London Plan (2021) Policy HC7, Newham Local Plan (2018) Policy S1, Newham Local Plan (2018) Policy S6, Newham Local Plan (2018) Policy SP6, Newham Local Plan (2018) Policy INF5, Newham Local Plan (2018) Policy INF8

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