®Planning appeal decision
Former London Television Centre, 60-72 Upper Ground, London, SE1 9LT
demolition of the existing building and phased redevelopment to provide new buildings for office, culture & innovation hub, retail, food and beverage uses with cycle parking, hard and soft landscaping and associated works and plant, each phase being an independent act of development. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES) submitted pursuant to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- other · Called In Planning Application
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Masters C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal is in accordance with the development plan
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the Government policies for conserving and enhancing the historic environment (NPPF Chapter 16), in particular, in respect of designated heritage assets
- Any other matters the Inspector considers relevant
What decided it
The public benefits of the scheme (employment generation and public realm/placemaking benefits) were found to outweigh the less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets under the NPPF paragraph 208 heritage balance.
The substantial weight given to employment benefits and public realm/placemaking benefits, together with moderate weight for the employment and skills strategy, outweighed the great weight attributed to the less than substantial heritage harm and moderate weight attributed to the negative townscape contribution, resulting in the balance favouring the grant of permission.
Framework references: 48, 56, 57, 131, 135, 208, 202
Plan policies cited: London Plan SI2, LP Q20(ii), LP Q22, LP Q25(A), LP Q26(A)(i)-(iii), LP PN1(H)(vii), LP PN1(H)(viii), LonP D9(C)(1)(a)(i), LonP D9(C)(1)(a)(ii), LonP D9(C)(1)(d), LonP HC1(C), LP Q26 Annex 10
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