®Planning appeal decision
51-56 Manor Road and 53-55 Drayton Green Road, West Ealing, London, W13 0LJ
redevelopment of the site to demolish existing buildings and to provide a building over basement and part 12 and part 19 storeys comprising 2 units at ground floor in either Use Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 or D2; 144 flats over part mezzanine, and 1st to 19th floors (100% affordable); bike and bin stores; sub-station; ancillary space; private and community amenity space; and alterations to highways
- Authority
- London Borough of Ealing
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Griffiths P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area (including design, and any impact on the setting and thereby the significance of heritage assets)
- whether the affordable housing proposed is acceptable
What decided it
The exemplary design of the tall building causing no harm to character, appearance or heritage significance, combined with the significant benefit of 144 units of much-needed 100% affordable housing.
The limited conflict with the 'Locations' element of Policy D9 and with Policies T6.1/T6.5 on Blue Badge parking was outweighed by the significant benefit of 144 units of affordable housing delivered through an exemplary tall building design, both under the primary development-plan-accordance finding and under the alternative tilted-balance approach.
Framework references: 11, 56, 57, 119
Plan policies cited: LP Policy GG2, LP Policy D3, LP Policy D9, LP Policy H5, LP Policy H1, LP Policy S4, LP Policy D6, Policy 7D of the Ealing Development Management DPD, LP Policy T5, LP Policy T6.1, LP Policy T6.5, EDSDPD Site Allocation EAL 12
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.