Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed3 November 20213252349

39 Thornton Avenue, London, SW2 4HJ

Planning appeal 3252349 at 39 Thornton Avenue, London, SW2 4HJ (London Borough of Lambeth) was dismissed on 3 November 2021 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of Telford Park Conservation Area.

demolition of a brick double garage outbuilding and construction of a new timber faced outbuilding for purposes incidental with enjoyment of the house, to house a garage and a home gym

Authority
London Borough of Lambeth
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Householder developments
Inspector
Davies N
Postcode
SW2 4HJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of Telford Park Conservation Area

What decided it

The proposed development's excessive size, lack of required setbacks from boundaries, and visually harmful metal garage door would cause less than substantial harm to the conservation area's character and appearance that could not be justified by minimal public benefits.

The less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of Telford Park Conservation Area outweighed the minimal public benefits of quality materials, construction and a green roof fostering biodiversity.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy Q14Policy Q5Policy Q22
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 202

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

510 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Lambeth

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021

  1. Dismissed26 October 20266013497
    48 Clapham Road, London, SW9 0JQ
  2. Allowed20 October 20266015494
    16 Lydon Road, London, SW4 0HW
  3. Dismissed20 October 20266015253
    16 Braxted Park, London, SW16 3DW
  4. Dismissed20 October 20266014222
    Morleys Department Store, 472 - 488 Brixton Road, London, SW9 8EH
  5. Dismissed20 October 20266014083
    Bus Shelter, Pavement Outside 451-453 Brixton Road, London, SE9 8HH

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.