50A Old Church Lane, Stanmore, HA7 2RP

described on the application form as: ‘Erection of additional two storey with similar design and matching materials as existing first floor. Bay window to additional storey will be similar to existing first floor bay window projection

Authority: London Borough of Harrow
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Smith A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA, Paragraph AA.1 of the GPDO
Whether or not the external appearance of the dwellinghouse would be acceptable

What decided it

The external appearance of the proposed additional storeys would be unacceptable, as they would appear excessively bulky and fail to suitably respect the existing design and external appearance of the appeal property's principal elevation and the wider terrace.

Plan policies cited: Policy DM1 of the Harrow Council Development Management Policies (July 2013)

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

Then the development plan position, the housing land supply as an Inspector last accepted it, and every appeal decided around the site with its letter.

Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

The judgement stays yours. The tool gathers the material and dates it.