®Planning appeal decision
The Boathouse, Ranelagh Drive, Twickenham, TW1 1QZ
demolition of existing building and outbuildings to provide three residential dwellings including associated landscaping works, provision of parking and works to the public realm
- Authority
- Richmond Upon Thames London Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal represents inappropriate development on Metropolitan Open Land
- Whether or not the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the CA
- The effect of the proposal upon the setting and thereby the significance of the Footbridge
- The effect of the proposal upon the setting and thereby the significance of the Grade I listed Park and Garden and World Heritage Site known as 'Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew' (Kew Gardens)
- Whether or not, in the context of flood risk, sequential test considerations have been adequately satisfied
- The effect of the proposal upon the local housing stock, having particular regard to the implications for existing residential units
What decided it
The absence of substantial harm to Metropolitan Open Land openness and to the significance of nearby heritage assets, combined with a demonstrable net reduction in flood risk outweighing the limited sequential test conflict, led to overall accordance with the development plan.
the benefits of a demonstrable net reduction in flood risk outweighed the limited conflict with Policy 8 arising from the absence of a sequential test, and with no harm found to heritage assets or MOL openness the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole
Framework references: 154, 176, 178
Plan policies cited: Policy 35, Policy 28, Policy 29, Policy D4, Policy D6, Policy 8, Policy 14
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.