1)
The height and massing of the proposed development, including an additional tower, would cause less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of nearby heritage assets, especially in nearby views. The elevational treatments would be of an insufficiently high design quality to have a wholly positive impact on the character and quality of the townscape, and the relevant tests for tall buildings in the Building Height SPD have not been undertaken. The benefits of the development would not outweigh these harms. The proposal is, therefore, contrary to Consolidated Local Plan policies CL1, CL2, CL3, CL4, CL11, & CL12 and the Building Height (in the Royal Borough) SPD.
2)
In the absence of agreed Section 106 obligations, and provisions under section 16 of the General Powers Act, which would secure the necessary mitigation measures and infrastructure which are necessary to make the development acceptable, the proposal would be contrary to policies of the Consolidated Local Plan, in particular policies C1, CT1, CR1, CR4, CR5, CR6, CE1, CE5, and CH2 and the London Plan.