®Planning appeal decision
Flat 5, Wykeham Court, Wykeham Road, LONDON, NW4 2TE
without planning permission, the change of use of the property into a C4 House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether there is an identified need for the HMO
- the effect of the use on the character of the area and the living conditions of nearby residents with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- the availability of parking, cycle and refuse storage provision
What decided it
The absence of demonstrated identified need for the HMO combined with the unacceptable risk of materially harmful noise and disturbance to neighbouring residents rendered the development contrary to the development plan.
The absence of identified need and the unacceptable risk of harm to living conditions of neighbouring residents outweighed the neutral findings on parking, cycle and refuse storage provision.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM09, Policy DM08, Policy CS5, Policy DM04, Policy DM01, Policy DM17, Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021)
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.