®Planning appeal decision
Sceptre Court, 40 Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4DX
the removal of condition 1 of planning permission ref PA/13/02692 for ‘change of use of Sceptre Court from Officers (B1) to a dual use higher education use (class D1) and office use (class B1)’ dated 22 August 2014
- Authority
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The acceptability of the removal of condition 1, having particular regard to the effects of the proposal on the designated Preferred Office Location and Central Activities Zone
What decided it
The permanent loss of office floorspace within a designated Preferred Office Location and Central Activities Zone conflicts with development plan policies that prioritise office uses in these strategic locations, and the benefits of the current educational use do not outweigh this harm.
Plan policies cited: Policy 2.10 London Plan 2011, Policy 2.11 London Plan 2011, Policy 2.13 London Plan 2011, Policy SP06 Core Strategy 2010, Policy DM16 Managing Development Document 2013, Policy D.EMP3 Tower Hamlets Local Plan, Policy S.EMP1 Tower Hamlets Local Plan, Policy SD4 London Plan, Policy E1 London Plan, Policy D.EMP4 Tower Hamlets Local Plan, Policy SD5 London Plan, Policy E2 London Plan, Policy E8 London Plan, Policy S.CF1 Tower Hamlets Local Plan
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