The gist of it, it’s where Sir Tom walked around to raise money.
It’s a listed building and the council agreed to a single story of a certain size but they’ve built something bigger and which impacts neighbouring buildings.
So it’s been denied on the basis that the harm of the building (ie being ugly and next to a listed building) is not overweighed by the public benefit of the building (which it was when the headquarters for a charity, but not now its a private spa).
Fair enough. They appear to have tried to pull a fast one over the planners, knowing that a spa would not have been approved in the first place. It’s a fairly common tactic often seen with low quality residential developments. Get permission with certain conditions, ignore the conditions & build it then try and get retrospective permission.
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The gist of it, it’s where Sir Tom walked around to raise money.
It’s a listed building and the council agreed to a single story of a certain size but they’ve built something bigger and which impacts neighbouring buildings.
So it’s been denied on the basis that the harm of the building (ie being ugly and next to a listed building) is not overweighed by the public benefit of the building (which it was when the headquarters for a charity, but not now its a private spa).
Fair enough. They appear to have tried to pull a fast one over the planners, knowing that a spa would not have been approved in the first place. It’s a fairly common tactic often seen with low quality residential developments. Get permission with certain conditions, ignore the conditions & build it then try and get retrospective permission.