®Planning appeal decision
9 Southwick Place, London, W2 2TN
Planning appeal 3246031 at 9 Southwick Place, London, W2 2TN (City of Westminster Council) was allowed on 6 October 2022 by Inspector Bowyer J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal for a minor material amendment to vary condition 2 of the Original Permission can be considered within the scope of a section 73 application, or whether it would amount to a material change requiring variation to the development description.
Formation of roof garden across existing roofs at second floor level with revised plans increasing roof garden area, changes to layout including rooflights arrangement, and addition of furniture including countertop, cupboards, planters and trellis
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
- Postcode
- W2 2TN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal for a minor material amendment to vary condition 2 of the Original Permission can be considered within the scope of a section 73 application, or whether it would amount to a material change requiring variation to the development description
What decided it
The Council unreasonably prevented development which should clearly have been permitted by refusing to validate a section 73 application that fell within the proper scope of such applications and did not require variation to the operative development description.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in City of Westminster Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed28 October 202660123391 Bear Street, London, WC2H 7DZ
- Dismissed28 October 2026600992025 Monmouth Road, London, W2 4UT
- Dismissed21 October 20266014604South Terrace, Third and Fourth Floor, 4 Matthew Parker Street, London, SW1H 9NP
- Dismissed21 October 20266012002Flat B, 9 Durham Terrace, London, W2 5PB
- Allowed21 October 2026601140517 Bruton Street, London, W1J 6QB
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.