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Allowed26 September 20233317838

50 Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1TX

Planning appeal 3317838 at 50 Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1TX (Watford Borough Council) was allowed on 26 September 2023 by Inspector Woodwards O, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would provide an acceptable level and type of employment floorspace.

redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed use scheme including the provision of 247 build to rent residential units (Class C3) and 4,798 sq m Class E floorspace in buildings ranging from 5 to 24 storeys with associated cycle parking, car parking, landscaping and amenity

Authority
Watford Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Woodwards O
Postcode
WD17 1TX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the proposal would provide an acceptable level and type of employment floorspace
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether or not the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Estcourt Conservation Area
  • whether or not the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers

What decided it

The significant benefits of housing delivery (including affordable housing) and employment generation outweighed the limited identified harms, such that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.

the significant benefits of market and affordable housing, employment generation, accessibility, energy efficiency, drainage betterment and biodiversity net gain outweighed the limited harms from loss of office floorspace, non-outstanding tall building design and absence of family-sized housing, so the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Strategic Policy CDA2.1Policy EM4.1Policy EM4.3Policy QD6.1Policy QD6.2Policy QD6.3Policy QD6.4Policy QD6.5Policy HE7.1Policy HE7.2Policy HO3.2Policy HO3.10Policy HO3.11Strategic Policy CC8.1Policy CC8.2Policy CC8.3Policy HC12.2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 81Paragraph 83Paragraph 130Paragraph 197
Judgments
[2004] 2 P. & C.R. 22

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