®Planning appeal decision
32 Gerrard Street, London, W1D 6JA
Planning appeal 3297432 at 32 Gerrard Street, London, W1D 6JA (City of Westminster Council) was allowed on 21 October 2022 by Inspector Robbie K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying the opening hours would have on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to noise and disturbance.
Use of basement and ground floors as Adult Gaming Centre (Sui Generis)
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Robbie K
- Postcode
- W1D 6JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying the opening hours would have on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The commercial nature of the area with existing late-night uses and the absence of evidence linking adult gaming centres to noise complaints persuaded the Inspector that extended opening hours to 0300 would not adversely impact neighbouring residents' living conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 7Policy 16Policy 33London Plan Policy D14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in City of Westminster Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed21 October 20266014604South Terrace, Third and Fourth Floor, 4 Matthew Parker Street, London, SW1H 9NP
- Allowed9 October 20266012578Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9TQ
- Dismissed6 October 20266011230Basement and Ground Floor, 81 Westbourne Grove, London, W2 4UL
- Allowed7 September 20266007846106-110 Belgrave Road, London, SW1V 2BJ
- Dismissed23 July 2026601017830 Artesian Road, London, W2 5DD
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.