®Planning appeal decision
Apartment 10, 67 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3AF
Planning appeal 3369238 at Apartment 10, 67 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3AF (City of Westminster Council) was allowed on 21 October 2025 by Inspector Hunter A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the loss of a 1-bedroom unit.
the “amalgamation of two residential units: Flat 10 (three bedrooms) and Flat 11 (one bedroom) – to create a single family dwelling in order to better accommodate the needs of the household”
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Hunter A
- Postcode
- SW1P 3AF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the loss of a 1-bedroom unit
- whether there is a need for the amalgamated flats
What decided it
The need for the amalgamated accommodation to facilitate multigenerational family living and provide care for a dependent family member with a protected characteristic, combined with the absence of material harm to housing supply and the likely non-material-change-of-use status, outweighed the minor conflict with City Plan Policy 8.
The minor conflict with City Plan Policy 8 was substantially outweighed by the need for enlarged family accommodation for multigenerational living, the need to provide care for a dependent family member, engagement of the Public Sector Equality Duty and Human Rights Act Article 8, the absence of material harm to housing supply, and the likely non-material-change-of-use status of the proposal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- City Plan Policy 8London Plan Policy H1London Plan Policy H2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames v SSETR [2000]; R on the application of RB Kensington and Chelsea v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2016] EWHC 1785; London Borough of Lambeth v Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities [2024] EWHC 1391 (Admin); Richmond LBC v Secretary of State for Environment Transport and the Regions [1994] 2 PLR 115
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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