Planning appeal decision
Land at Ground Floor, 8 Millway, London, NW7 3RE
Planning appeal 3266329 at Land at Ground Floor, 8 Millway, London, NW7 3RE (London Borough of Barnet) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 December 2021 by Inspector Griffin E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host building and the surrounding area.
Without planning permission, the construction of a single storey front porch extension
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- NW7 3RE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host building and the surrounding area
What decided it
The porch extension causes harm to the character and appearance of the host building and street scene through its excessive size, forward projection, and incongruous design, and fails to provide genuine disabled access despite being justified on that basis.
The appellant's arguments regarding modernisation and disabled access were outweighed by the harm to character and appearance, as the current design does not achieve genuine accessibility and the visual harm is not justified by the claimed benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS1Policy CS5Policy DM01Adopted Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 93
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.
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