2-4 Gateforth Street, LONDON, NW8 8EH

conversion of part of the ground floor of an existing restaurant use to provide two flats comprising, two one-bedroom, (2-person) flats

Authority: City of Westminster Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Russell M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would reflect and enhance the role and function of the Church Street/Edgware Road District Centre

What decided it

The proposal would erode the District Centre's active frontage and unacceptably dilute its commercial character, conflicting with Policy 14's requirement that development reflect the role and function of the District Centre.

Plan policies cited: Policy 14 (Town centres, high streets and the Central Activities Zone) of The City of Westminster City Plan (2021)

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