®Planning appeal decision
225-227 and 229-231, Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SA
Planning appeal 3323207 at 225-227 and 229-231, Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SA (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) was allowed on 9 November 2023 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area.
upwards extensions of the buildings to provide additional hotel accommodation, use of ground floor as café, retail and hotel lobby and associated improvement to shop frontages, use of basement as additional hotel floorspace and reconfiguration of the existing hotel bedrooms
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Caines A
- Postcode
- W8 6SA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Edwardes Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon Conservation Area
- Whether the setting of the nearby grade II listed Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church would be preserved
What decided it
The proposed rear addition would be a suitable and appropriate addition to the host building and streetscape, preserving the character and appearance of the conservation area and the setting of the listed church through careful proportional design and its subservient relationship to the main building.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CL1Policy CL2Policy CL3Policy CL4Policy CL9Policy CL11
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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