®Planning appeal decision
Edward Rudolf House 69-85 Margery Street, London, WC1X 0JL
Planning appeal 3262199 at Edward Rudolf House 69-85 Margery Street, London, WC1X 0JL (London Borough of Islington) was dismissed on 2 March 2022 by Inspector Hill Z, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposed development would preserve the settings of nearby listed buildings, with particular regard to Nos. 21-23 Yardley Street and 25-37 and 38-39 Wilmington Square.
Demolition of the existing building and erection of a 5-storey office (Use class B1a) building, with a plant enclosure and level access on the roof, and including affordable workspace, cycle parking, waste & recycling storage, a substation, plant, hard & soft landscaping and associated engineering works
- Authority
- London Borough of Islington
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major offices/R&D/light industry
- Inspector
- Hill Z
- Postcode
- WC1X 0JL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposed development would preserve the settings of nearby listed buildings, with particular regard to Nos. 21-23 Yardley Street and 25-37 and 38-39 Wilmington Square
- Whether or not the proposed development would conserve the setting of the New River Conservation Area
- The effect of the design of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the streetscene
- The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties having particular regard to daylight and outlook
- Whether the benefits of the proposed development, as well as any other relevant matters, would outweigh the harm in determining the planning balance
What decided it
The cumulative weight of harm to the streetscene and to the living conditions (daylight and outlook) of neighbouring occupiers, when added to the less-than-substantial heritage harm, outweighed the economic and employment benefits of the scheme.
the cumulative harms to heritage settings, the streetscene and neighbours' living conditions outweighed the substantial economic and employment benefits of the proposed office development
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- ILPDM Policy DM2.3ILPDM Policy DM2.1ICS Policy CS9ICS Policy CS13ILPDM Policy DM5.1LP Policy D3LP Policy D4LP Policy D6LP Policy SD5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
- Judgments
- Melanie Rainbird and The Council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2018] EWHC 657 (Admin)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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