®Planning appeal decision
Lokkum, Woodford New Road, Waltham Forrest, London, E18 2QD
erection of a single-storey upward extension at third-floor level to provide 2 no. self-contained studio flats
- Authority
- Redbridge
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- E18 2QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host building and the surrounding area
- whether the proposed development would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers, with regard to outdoor amenity space
What decided it
The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the host building and surrounding area, combined with the failure to provide outdoor amenity space, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of housing delivery under paragraph 11(d) of the NPPF.
The substantial positive weight given to the delivery of two residential units on well-located brownfield land was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and the substandard living conditions arising from the lack of outdoor amenity space.
Framework references: 11, 125, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy LP26, Policy LP30, Policy LP29, Policy D3, Policy D6
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