56 Egerton Crescent, LONDON, SW3 2ED

reconstruction of rear mansard and insertion of dormer window; elevational alterations including replacement windows and internal alterations

Authority: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Cullen F

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II listed building, Nos 55-59 Egerton Crescent

What decided it

The installation of a lift in the closet wing and removal of the top section of the closet wing would fail to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II listed building and harm its significance as a designated heritage asset, with insufficient public benefits to outweigh this harm.

The moderate weight given to public benefits including heritage improvements, repair and restoration, and long-term residential use was insufficient to outweigh the considerable importance and weight attached to the identified less than substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage asset.

Framework references: 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy CL4

Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Kay v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [CO/16/2020]

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.