Fairfax House, 64 Palmers Road, LONDON, N11 1SL

construction of third floor to provide 2 additional self contained flats (1x1bed and 1x2bed) to the existing block of flats

Authority: London Borough of Enfield
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Osgathorp C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the GPDO
Whether the proposal would be granted planning permission by the GPDO with particular regard to the requirements of paragraph A.2(1)(f) the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the new dwellinghouses

What decided it

The new windows would only relate to the additional storey permitted under Part 20, Class A and would not be installed in the external walls of the previously approved development, meaning Condition 9 would not restrict the proposal, and the habitable rooms would receive adequate natural light exceeding BRE guidelines.

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