®Planning appeal decision
Kilmuir House, Ebury Street and , 60-64 South Eaton Place, London, SW1W 8TH
demolition of existing buildings and erection of a new building of basement, lower ground, ground and six upper floors and plant at rooftop level to provide residential floorspace (Class C3), flexible retail floorspace (Class A1/A2/A3/A4), disabled car parking and associated landscaping works
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Nunn M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal complies with development plan policies on affordable housing having regard to viability testing
- The appropriate definitions and thresholds to apply in the Review Mechanism of the planning obligation
What decided it
The Council's withdrawal of its sole reason for refusal, following acceptance that viability evidence showed the scheme could not deliver policy-compliant affordable housing, meant the proposal accorded with the development plan and should be approved.
the provision of 4 affordable housing units (a benefit beyond what policy could require) together with high-quality design, heritage preservation and no unacceptable neighbour impacts supported a scheme found to accord with the development plan as a whole, so it was approved without delay under paragraph 11(c)
Framework references: 57, 11, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy H4, Policy H5, Policy 9, Policy 34(H), Policy D3, Policy 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.