®Planning appeal decision
10-12 Park Street, LONDON, W1K 2HX
‘Without the benefit of planning permission and within the last four years, the amalgamation of two dwellinghouses, namely 10 and 12 Park Street London, W1K 2HX (‘the Properties’), into a single dwellinghouse (‘the Unauthorised Use’), and the installation of internal interconnecting doors at lower ground floor level and at first floor level, to facilitate the Unauthorised Use.’
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cullen F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the amalgamation of two dwellings into a single dwelling is acceptable at this location, having regard to local housing need and planning policy
What decided it
The highly specific combined religious/cultural and personal security needs of the occupants, together with the temporary and reversible nature of the works under the Licence to Alter, outweighed the harm sufficiently to justify a time-limited (but not permanent) planning permission.
the considerable harm from the amalgamation and conflict with housing policies outweighed the material considerations for a permanent permission, but those same considerations outweighed the lesser harm from a time-limited permission, so temporary planning permission was granted to 30 October 2026
Plan policies cited: Policy H2, Policy H8, Policy 8, Policy MRU2, Policy 10
Judgments cited: East Barnet UDC v British Transport Commission 1962; Palsar v Grinling 1948; Gabbitas v SSE & Newham LBC [1985] JPL 630; Richmond upon Thames LBC v SSETR [2001] JPL 84; R (oao) Kensington and Chelsea RBC v SSCLG & Reis & Tong [2016] EWHC 1785 (Admin)
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.