®Planning appeal decision
Flat A, 36 Westbourne Gardens, London, W2 5PU
Planning appeal 3267986 at Flat A, 36 Westbourne Gardens, London, W2 5PU (City of Westminster Council) was dismissed on 19 July 2021 by Inspector Whelan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Westbourne Conservation Area.
new steps to front garden and associated alteration of the facade to change existing window to door
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Whelan P
- Postcode
- W2 5PU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Westbourne Conservation Area
What decided it
The less-than-substantial but considerable harm to the architectural and historic significance of the conservation area, arising from disruption of the terrace's carefully composed symmetry and architectural order, was not outweighed by the private benefit of direct garden access.
The less-than-substantial but considerable harm to the conservation area's significance was weighed against the claimed public benefit of improved housing quality through direct garden access; the harm outweighed the benefit, to which great weight must be given under the NPPF.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 38Policy 39Policy 40
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 193Paragraph 196Paragraph 192
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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