®Planning appeal decision
Notice varied and upheld15 November 20243329393
Ground Floor Unit, 54 Wardour Street & 76 Old Compton Street, LONDON, W1D 4JF
retention of existing doors, provision of removal benches, provision of mounted heaters
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Whitfield J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A (ground c): whether the use of the public highway for provision of tables and chairs for customer use amounts to a breach of planning control
- Appeal B (ground c): whether the installation of outward opening doors amounts to a breach of condition 1 of planning permission 16/10336/FULL
- Appeal B (ground g): whether the three-month compliance period is too short
- Appeal C: the effect of the development on pedestrian and highway safety; and whether the development will fail to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Soho Conservation Area
What decided it
The proposed benches and outward opening doors would reduce available footway width below the recommended 2m minimum, harmfully impeding pedestrian safety, and the benches and heaters would fail to preserve the character and appearance of the Soho Conservation Area.
Plan policies cited: Policy 25, Policy 43, Policy 24, Policy 38, Policy 39, Policy 40
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