®Planning appeal decision
Armitage Hall Apartment, 224 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QP
Planning appeal 3326185 at Armitage Hall Apartment, 224 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QP (City of Westminster Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 5 December 2024 by Inspector Bale M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of Flats 6, 8 and 12 Armitage Apartments, with regard to outlook and disturbance from noise.
Installation of a water/sprinkler tank, air conditioning units, screening and a box housing with pipework/ducting and MVHR unit at third floor level within the south lightwell of the building (subject of enforcement notice, appeals A and B, and of appeal C seeking retrospective outline permission for the sprinkler tank, wall mounted box enclosing pipework and plant room enclosure panels)
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bale M
- Postcode
- W1W 5QP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of Flats 6, 8 and 12 Armitage Apartments, with regard to outlook and disturbance from noise
What decided it
Whether individual items of unauthorised development caused harm to the outlook and living conditions (through enclosure and noise) of neighbouring flat occupiers determined which elements were permitted and which were refused.
The identified harm to outlook and living conditions caused by the Screening was not outweighed by the appellants' limited-weight fallback position, leading to its refusal, whereas the other plant items, being found not harmful subject to a noise attenuation condition, were granted permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 38 of the Westminster City Plan 2021Policy D13 of the London Plan 2021Policy D14 of the London Plan 2021CP Policy 33CP Policy 38
- Judgments
- R (oao Braithwaite) v East Suffolk Council [2023] PTSR 832
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.
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