®Planning appeal decision
Royal Borough Of Kensington & Chelsea, Town Hall Hornton Street, LONDON, W8 7NX
the part change of use of basement car park to provide 985sqm of flexible work-space and ancillary welfare provision (Use Class E), 130sqm training facility (Use Class E) and 2,635sqm self-storage facility (Use Class B8); and ancillary uses including cycle parking with changing facilities and electrical car charging points
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wyborn D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the scheme would demonstrate the highest standards of fire safety in accordance with the requirements of the development plan
- whether or not the loss of the existing car parking spaces, and the related management of the car park, would result in unacceptable displacement of vehicles thereby leading to undue disturbance to nearby residential properties and unacceptably increase parking pressure in the area
What decided it
The scheme does not demonstrate that it would achieve the highest standards of fire safety in accordance with Policy CD16 of the Local Plan 2024 and Policy D12 of the London Plan 2021, specifically regarding the safety of electric vehicle charging points in the basement areas, which the Inspector determined required a precautionary approach given the confined nature of the underground space and the concerns raised by the Council's Building Control Team.
Plan policies cited: Policy CD16, Policy D12, Policy T8, Policy CD9, Policy T1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.