Westminster city council has turned down proposals drawn up by Make Architects’ for a 20-storey student housing development on the site of a Paddington builders’ yard.

Make had already lobbed two stories off its original proposals for the Travis Perkins site on Harrow Road since the scheme was lodged for planning last year, following fears about the development’s impact on the surrounding area.

However a meeting of Westminster’s planning committee on Tuesday sided with officers’ recommendations to reject the scheme, for reasons including loss of light to surrounding properties and a lack of full off-street servicing.

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