183-185 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, SE10 9EQ

the construction of a mansard roof extension to create a 3-bedroom flat at the mansard level; other associated external and internal alterations

Authority: Royal Borough of Greenwich
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Barnes D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living standards for the future occupiers of flat E

What decided it

The impractical and inconvenient access to cycle parking and refuse storage via the narrow winding basement staircase would not provide satisfactory living standards for the future occupiers of flat E, conflicting with relevant development plan policies.

The conflict with relevant development plan policies and the adverse impact of inadequate living standards for future occupiers significantly and demonstrably outweighed the identified benefits of delivering an additional flat in an accessible location where there is an unchallenged shortfall in housing land supply

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: London Plan Policy SI 7, Royal Greenwich Local Plan Policy IM4, Royal Greenwich Local Plan Policy DH1, Royal Greenwich Local Plan Policy H5

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