Despite residents and Council’s objection to Upminster Hotel-government overturn appeal and allow the new build.

Havering Councillors rejected a planning application for an Upminster hotel last year. However, despite their objection and heavy opposition from local residents, the government chose to overturn the decision and allow the build.

Upminster Councillor Oscar Ford today writes:

A great deal of local interest was raised when the Planning application for an 82-bedroom hotel at the former Time Tees Cars site in Station Road, Upminster. In support of residents’ concerns, Upminster Councillors called in the application citing issues which included the height and scale of the development, the lack of consideration given to parking facilities for guests, concerns over access to natural light, and sustainability matters. 

The Council’s Planning Department refused permission, but this decision has now been overturned on appeal by the Government’s Planning Inspectorate, who deemed the planned building to be of an acceptable character and appearance for the area, so the development can go ahead substantially as originally planned, but subject to some conditions around construction arrangements, sustainability, hours of activity, travel planning and some other practical matters. 

Councillor Oscar Ford told the Havering Daily: “It is important that concerns of residents are taken into account when Planning Applications are made. On this occasion the Local Planning Department agreed with those concerns but a higher power, in the form of the Government’s Inspectorate, did not uphold that view and granted the appeal”.

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