®Planning appeal decision
Flat 16, 87 St Georges Drive, London, London, SW1V 4DB
re-building and amalgamation of two vaults within the front lightwell; infill of lightwell under entrance and installation of entrance door screen and lowering of the vault floors. Alterations to screen door to the internal courtyard area
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Veevers A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would accord with the local development plan strategy for basements, with particular reference to the effects of the operations involved in, and associated with, basement excavation under the highway
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host building, and whether it would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Pimlico Conservation Area
What decided it
The proposed vault works conflict with Policy 45 criterion B.5 requiring a minimum 900mm vertical depth between vault structure and highway surface, with no substantive evidence to justify reducing this requirement, whereas the lightwell infill and door alterations are severable and acceptable.
Plan policies cited: Policy 45, Policy 38, Policy 39, Policy 40
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