®Planning appeal decision
Garages adjacent to 2 Shrewsbury Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DB
the re-development of garages on site between and part behind No 2 and 4 Shrewsbury Road, to provide 1 pair of semi-detached dwellings, each 3B5P, and 1No single storey(2B4P) dwelling at the rear, and private amenity spaces, and alterations to existing dropped kerb
- Authority
- Bromley
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- BR3 4DB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply (1.93 years) engaged the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework, and the moderate harm to character and appearance did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery on a brownfield site.
The moderate harm to the character and appearance of the area was balanced against the substantial weight given to the delivery of three dwellings on a derelict brownfield site in an area with a pressing housing need (1.93-year supply), and the adverse impacts were found not to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework policies as a whole, triggering the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy 3 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan, Policy 4 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan, Policy 37 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan, Policy D3 of the London Plan, Policy D4 of the London Plan, Policy H2 of the London Plan, Policy 8 of the London Borough of Bromley Local Plan
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