The Prime Minister’s brother has gained a planning row over his £3million five-bedroom north London townhouse.
Lord Jo Johnson, who was controversially ennobled by his large brother in July, had argued {that a} plans for a floor flooring studio flat with a roof terrace overlooking his Primrose Hill home would invade his privateness.
A planning utility was registered by Camden Council on June 26, proposing to construct the studio flat with first flooring roof terrace, increase the entrance and rear partitions and assemble a single storey floor flooring rear extension.
Metal railings, two bike parking areas within the entrance backyard, a timber gate to the aspect and a brand new opening and door on the primary flooring aspect would even have been constructed.
The PM’s youthful brother, 49, had urged planning bosses to dam the proposal, claiming the terrace would permit folks to look into the highest flooring of his home, which is unfold over 4 storeys.
The plans would have additionally impacted on a Grade II listed constructing, it was argued.
Local planning chiefs agreed, and have now rejected the planning utility, arguing that the proposed alterations would, ‘by cause of their location, kind and design… be dangerous to the character and look of the listed constructing’.
The flat roof of the home the place Jo Johnson’s neighbour had deliberate to construct a roof terrace (space highlighted in purple). Jo Johnson had claimed it might create an ‘unacceptable space of overlooking’ onto his property
Jo Johnson’s home and, on the left, the flat roof of his neighbour’s home. An utility was made by a property developer to transform the disused and derelict workplace into a brand new ground-floor studio flat with a roof terrace above
Camden Council planners concluded: ‘In the absence of a sectional drawing of the proposed moist room, the proposal can be thought of prone to lead to a lack of vital historic material.’
The announcement is trigger to rejoice for Lord Johnson, a former Tory MP who served below his brother as universities minister earlier than resigning over Brexit.
The Prime Minister pictured along with his brother Jo, proper, in 2014 at Dartmouth House in London
He objected to the applying when it was first lodged in July, arguing a brand new roof terrace subsequent door would permit folks to stare into his home close to Mornington Crescent tube station.
At the time, Andy Hollins, a guide chartered planner representing Lord Johnson, said: ‘The proposed first flooring roof terrace will create an unacceptable diploma of overlooking in direction of higher flooring liveable home windows in my shoppers property.
‘The applicant proposes to erect a privateness wall.
‘This will scale back some overlooking.
‘However, occupants utilizing the terrace can nonetheless look again over the wall and in direction of my consumer’s home windows, significantly because the proposed wall incorporates a raised planter.
‘This may very well be used as a platform.’
Mr Hollins additionally highlighted that the plans would impression on a Grade II listed constructing.
He wrote: ‘The proposed portico encompass competes with the unique aspect door which in flip detracts from the particular historic character of the listed constructing.
The flat roof of Mr Johnson’s neighbour’s home. Local planning chiefs have now rejected the applying, arguing that the proposed alterations and frontage remedy, ‘ by cause of their location, kind and design, could be dangerous to the character and look of the listed constructing’
The flat roof of the home, pictured above, in upmarket Primrose Hill, north London. Camden Council planners concluded: ‘In the absence of a sectional drawing of the proposed moist room, the proposal can be thought of prone to lead to a lack of vital historic material’
‘The roof terrace also needs to be resisted.
‘The provision of planting at first flooring degree, out of doors furnishings and its use by the occupants of the proposed dwelling would additionally detract from the particular historic character of the property.’
At the time one other resident had objected, saying the brand new maisonette may very well be used for non permanent Airbnb leases or short-term vacation lets that might trigger disruption within the plush space.
She mentioned: ‘If my considerations that the flat is for use for brief time period vacation lets is realised this might trigger ongoing repeated disruption to the everlasting residents.
‘There is outdoors house within the improvement, to have two outdoors areas in such a tiny flat appears odd particularly given the adverse impression on the road.’
Remainer Lord Johnson stood down because the MP for Orpington in south east London over his brother’s Brexit ways, saying on the time he was ‘torn between household loyalty and the nationwide curiosity’.
He had solely returned to the Conservative entrance benches two months earlier, after quitting Theresa May’s authorities over her proposed Brexit deal in 2018.
Lord Johnson, who’s married to award-winning The Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman, has since returned to work as a journalist together with writing columns for the Financial Times, the place he was mentioned to have earned round £1,000 for 2 hours work.
