90 Liverpool Street, LONDON, EC2M 2AT

the change of use of part ground floor and part first floor from gymnasium use (Class E(d) to a mixed (sui generis) use including restaurant, drinking establishment and competitive socialising use [1,974 sqm GIA] without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 24/01065/FULL, dated 29 November 2024

Authority: City of London Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Chamberlain G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether Condition 8 is necessary when considering the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of the flats above The Railway Tavern Public House

What decided it

The licensing condition permitting use until 01:00 with no new admissions thereafter (except smokers) provides sufficient control to prevent harmful noise impacts from queuing, making an amended Condition 8 necessary and proportionate rather than an outright removal.

Framework references: 201

Plan policies cited: DM3.5, DM15.7, DM21.3

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