Planning appeal decision
48, Mount Pleasant Crescent, Hornsey, London, N4 4HP
Planning appeal 3282020 at 48, Mount Pleasant Crescent, Hornsey, London, N4 4HP (London Borough of Haringey) was dismissed on 28 October 2022 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development preserves or enhances the character or appearance of the Conservation Area and its effect on the host property.
Variation of Condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission HGY/2019/3247 to raise the ridge height of the roof and corresponding height of rear dormer
- Authority
- London Borough of Haringey
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- N4 4HP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development preserves or enhances the character or appearance of the Conservation Area and its effect on the host property
What decided it
The steeper roof slope created by the raised ridge height appears visually unsympathetic and discordant within the Conservation Area, causing less than substantial harm to the heritage asset with no public benefits to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HC1 of the London Plan 2021Policy SP11 of Haringey's Local Plan Strategic Policies 2013Policy SP12 of Haringey's Local Plan Strategic Policies 2013Policy DM1 of The Development Management DPD 2017Policy DM9 of The Development Management DPD 2017
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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