®Planning appeal decision
5, Newport Place, London, WC2H 7JN
Without the requisite planning permission and within the last 4 years the unauthorised alterations to the shop frontage including the installation of a solid roller shutter, removal of shopfront and the insertion of a service hatch and the installation of four light fittings
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Perkins L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the appeal development on the character and appearance of the area, including the Chinatown Conservation Area in which the site is situated
What decided it
The unauthorised alterations cause less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the Chinatown Conservation Area, and the appellant has provided no clear and convincing justification of sufficient public benefit to outweigh this harm.
The less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area outweighed the appellant's justification based on temporary Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, which have since been lifted.
Framework references: 202
Plan policies cited: City Plan 2019-2040 Policy 7, City Plan 2019-2040 Policy 38, City Plan 2019-2040 Policy 39, City Plan 2019-2040 Policy 40, London Plan 2021 Policy D3, London Plan 2021 Policy HC1
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