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C00302S/05 Refuse 1 The variation of the condition to permit the use of the site as a convenience store would lead to the provision of a form of retail development located outside a town centre (without a need being demonstrated), which would have a significantly greater harmful impact on the vitality and viability of nearby town centres than the existing lawful use contrary to policy S1.1 of the Adopted Unitary Development Plan (1991), policies TCR1 and TCR7 of the Unitary Development Plan Draft Deposit Modifications (28/06/05), Policy 3D.1 of the Mayors London Plan (2004) and Planning Policy Statement 6.
    2 Insufficient evidence has been provided relating to the sequential approach to site selection to demonstrate that other town centre sites have been thoroughly assessed in terms of availability, suitability and viability before consideration of the application site, contrary to policy S1.1 of the Adopted Unitary Development Plan (1991), policies TCR1 and TCR7 of the Unitary Development Plan Draft Deposit Modifications (28/06/05), Policy 3D.1 of the Mayors London Plan (2004) and Planning Policy Statement 6.
    3 The plans accompanying this application are:- Location Plan, Drg. Nos. 2005/0194/04B, 2005/0194/01C, 2005/0194/2B, 2005/0194/03B, 2005/0194/04C, 2005/0194/05A, PL.01, SP.01, SP.02 all received 26/10/2005. Letter from Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker received 26/10/2005, Report from Pinnacle Transportation (0511-23/TN/01) received 1/12/2005, Letter from Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker received 13/12/2005, Revised Planning Supporting Statement from Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker received 13/12/05 and letter from Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker received 15/12/2005.
    4 Your attention is drawn to the attached Schedule which sets out the rights of an applicant who is aggrieved by a decision of the Local Planning Authority.
    5 This notice relates solely to the refusal of planning permission and does not purport to convey any approval or consent which may be required under the Building Regulations or any other statutory purpose.