Planning appeal decision
Change of Hart Public House, 19-21 High Street, London, Edgware, HA8 7EE
Planning appeal 3287543 at Change of Hart Public House, 19-21 High Street, London, Edgware, HA8 7EE (London Borough of Harrow) was dismissed on 28 March 2024 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of the listed building enforcement notice are excessive to restore the building to its condition before the unauthorised works were carried out.
Retention of unauthorised works comprising removal of historic lathe and plaster ceilings and walls, removal and covering of historic timbers, removal of historic walls and doorways, installation of plasterboard walling and ceilings, installation of insulation, installation of cornices, skirting, architraves, sinks and plumbing, painting of rear and side walls, and removal of ashlar line finish on frontage
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Hand S
- Postcode
- HA8 7EE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of the listed building enforcement notice are excessive to restore the building to its condition before the unauthorised works were carried out
What decided it
The wholesale removal of the entire historic interior of a listed building and its replacement with modern materials cannot be remedied by anything less than careful removal of the modern works and reinstatement of the original interior as specified in the enforcement notice.
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