Planning appeal decision
6 Cromer Road, Leyton, London, E10 6JA
Planning appeal 6005992 at 6 Cromer Road, Leyton, London, E10 6JA (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 July 2026 by Inspector S Simms, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: effect of the development on the provision of needed housing types.
a change of use from a single-family dwelling house (Use Class C3) to a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) comprising 5 people (Use Class C4) with installation of cycle storage to front garden
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Inspector
- S Simms
- Postcode
- E10 6JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- effect of the development on the provision of needed housing types
- effect of the development on the use of sustainable transport and adequacy of parking provision
- whether the development would provide an adequate standard of living conditions, with particular regard to space
What decided it
The development fails to meet three significant policy conflicts: loss of family housing contrary to Policy 15, inadequate parking and sustainable transport provision contrary to Policy 94, and substandard living conditions contrary to Policy 20.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 15Policy 94Policy 20
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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