The Ballroom, St Bernards Hospital, Uxbridge Road, SOUTHALL, UB1 3HW

conversion of a ballroom at first floor level to 9 affordable residential homes

Authority: London Borough of Ealing
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Not Applicable
Inspector: Rose P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The possible implications of the proposal for the significance of the designated heritage asset of St Bernard's Hospital, a Grade II listed building.

What decided it

The very significant, though less than substantial, harm to the significance of the Grade II listed St Bernard's Hospital was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.

The significant public benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, economic activity and partial restoration were outweighed by the very significant harm to the significance of the listed building, so the balance tipped against the scheme.

Framework references: 11, 60, 120, 189, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy 7C, Policy HC1, Policy 1.2 (a), Policy GG4, Policy GG2

Judgments cited: Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Selby DC and UK Coal Mining Ltd, J.P.L. 2009, 10, 1326-1335

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