®Planning appeal decision
Kotecha House, 297 Pinner Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4HF
Additional two storeys (height 6.95m) of development containing 4 flats on an existing block of flats - maximum overall height 15.9m (Prior approval of transport and highway impacts; air traffic and defence asset impacts; contamination risks; flooding risks; the external appearance of the building; the provision of adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the new dwellinghouses; impact on amenity of existing and neighbouring premises and impact on protected view)
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the external appearance of the building would be acceptable
- Whether or not the impact of the proposal upon the amenities of neighbouring occupiers situated to the west of the site would be acceptable, having particular regard to outlook
What decided it
The proposal complies with the prior approval requirements under the GPDO, with external appearance and neighbouring amenity impacts both found acceptable through design measures and the generous separation distance achieved.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM1 of the Harrow Council Development Management Policies (July 2013)
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