Appeal:
Appeal number APP/G3110/W/24/3349996. Erection of an extension to the existing top floor of the hotel to provide additional hotel bedrooms.
Courtyard By Marriott Oxford City Centre , 15 Paradise Street, Oxford
Our Response:
The Oxford Preservation Trust (OPT) welcomes this opportunity to reiterate to the Planning Inspector our very strong objections to the above planning appeal, on the basis of the proposed extensions impact on views out of the city centre towards the western hills, most notably the views from St Georges Tower and the Castle Mound.
In 2015 an application was submitted which proposed a similar amount of massing at roof top level as the current appeal proposes. This application was withdrawn in response to strong opposition from the local authority, Historic England and other amenity groups. This appeal merely seeks permission to revert back to that original scheme.
OPT politely request that the appeal be dismissed so that the highly sensitive views from both Castle Mound and St Georges Tower can be protected.