®Planning appeal decision
44 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JT
Planning appeal 3300894 at 44 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JT (London Borough of Camden) was allowed on 1 December 2022 by Inspector Thomas G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would provide a suitable housing mix, including affordable housing, having regard to national and local planning policies.
Refurbishment and alterations to the former Workhouse Building (Grade II listed) and North and South Houses to provide residential units (Class C3); demolition of part of South House and rear buildings and redevelopment to provide a new building with flexible commercial floorspace and residential units; and associated works including Bedford Passage, public open space and landscaping, without complying with conditions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of permission 2017/0414/P, to allow an increase in dwellings and a change in housing tenure (reduction in affordable units).
- Authority
- London Borough of Camden
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Thomas G
- Postcode
- W1T 4JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide a suitable housing mix, including affordable housing, having regard to national and local planning policies
- Whether the proposed development would have a harmful impact on the significance of heritage assets or their setting
- Whether the proposed development would provide an energy efficient development thereby responding positively to climate change
What decided it
Applying the tilted balance because of the absence of a five-year housing land supply, the substantial public benefits of the scheme (housing delivery, affordable housing, economic, heritage and design benefits) were found to clearly and significantly outweigh the identified less-than-substantial heritage harm and other moderate adverse impacts.
The significant and substantial social, economic, heritage-restoration and archaeological benefits of the scheme outweighed the less-than-substantial heritage harm and the moderate adverse impacts relating to housing mix and energy efficiency, so the tilted balance favoured granting permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CLP Policy H4CLP Policy H6CLP Policy H7CLP Policy C6CLP Policy D1CLP Policy D2CLP Policy CC1CLP Policy CC2CLP Policy CC4CLP Policy C1London Plan Policy H5London Plan Policy H10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 62Paragraph 134Paragraph 11Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37
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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