®Planning appeal decision
Ground Floor Unit, 54 Wardour Street & 76 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4JF
Planning appeal 3329393 at Ground Floor Unit, 54 Wardour Street & 76 Old Compton Street, London, W1D 4JF (City of Westminster Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 15 November 2024 by Inspector Whitfield J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- W1D 4JF
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 25Policy 43Policy 24Policy 38Policy 39Policy 40
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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