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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鈥� yard.

Make had already lopped 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鈥檚 impact on the surrounding area.

But a meeting of Westminster鈥檚 planning committee last week sided with officers鈥� recommendations to reject the scheme, for reasons including loss of light to surrounding properties and a lack of full off-street servicing.

The scheme would have delivered 768 new student rooms for developer Unite Group and a would have had a new branch of Travis Perkins at its ground-floor and mezzanine levels.

Officers acknowledged that Make鈥檚 revised plans, which effectively covered the whole of the site 鈥� bounded by Harrow Road, Bishop鈥檚 Bridge Road, and the Grand Union Canal鈥檚 Paddington arm 鈥� were a 鈥渉igh quality and individual design鈥�.

But they said the Baltic Wharf proposals, which ranged in height from six to 20 storeys, presented an 鈥渁brupt and overbearing wall of construction鈥� to both of its long sides.

鈥淣otwithstanding the building鈥檚 scale and bulk impacts, the building鈥檚 design features a lot of visual interest and is, in itself, well-resolved architecturally,鈥� officers said.

However they also acknowledged objectors鈥� concerns that the development would create a 鈥渃anyon鈥� effect against new development in Sheldon Square, on the opposite side of the canal.

They concluded that the proposals鈥� benefits 鈥� which included public-realm improvements and planning-obligation contributions topping 拢1m鈥� did not outweigh loss of light that would be inflicted on properties in Sheldon Square or increased enclosure of neighbouring properties.

Councillors鈥� rejection of the proposals is subject to the agreement of Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.