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New post: Planning Appeal Success for New Residential Development within a listed building in Royal Borough of Greenwich - APPLICATION TYPE: Planning Appeal DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION: Redevelopment & Change of use to form new residential development.  LOCAL AUTHORITIES/COUNCILS: Royal Borough Of Greenwich  Fuller Long are delighted to have won a planning appeal for the change of use of a three-storey building in Greenwich to form new Residential accommodation. The application included proposals for a rear extension and the creation of a basement. The property in question raised a number of issues during the planning process despite the fact that it had been vacant for some time and was clearly in need of refurbishment.The property falls within the West Greenwich Conservation Area and within the  Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Combined with the fact that the property also forms part of a terrace that is locally listed by the council, the application required significant heritage input to put forward a robust case for planning permission. Unfortunately the Council’s planning officers decided the application deemed that the proposal would constitute overdevelopment of the site and would negatively impact upon neighbouring amenities and the scheme was subsequently refused planning permission on the basis that it did not conform to the policies in the London Plan or the Royal Greenwich Local Plan. Our team, led by Clare Preece (Planning Director), moved forwar...