259 Walmer Road LONDON W11 4EW

conversion of garage to habitable room, replacing garage door with window. Creation of bicycle store in front garden” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref PP/16/03994, dated 24 August 2016.  The condition in dispute is No 4 which states that: No development shall commence until the existing crossover in front of the property has been removed with the footway in front of the site is [sic] reinstated in materials matching those of the existing footway.  The reason given for the condition is: to maintain the quality of the footway and provide an appropriate provision of pedestrian access in front of the site and to protect the Borough’s streetscape in accordance with the development plan in particular policies CT1(b)(g)(h) & CR4 (a)(g)

Authority: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS) Appeal
Procedure: Written representations
Postcode: W11 4EW

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