Kotecha House, 297 Pinner Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4HF

Planning appeal 3271920 at Kotecha House, 297 Pinner Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4HF (London Borough of Harrow) was allowed on 22 September 2021 by Inspector Smith A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the external appearance of the building would be acceptable.

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
Postcode: HA1 4HF

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.

What the Inspector cited

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

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