48, Mount Pleasant Crescent, Hornsey, London, N4 4HP

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

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.

Framework references: 199, 200, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy HC1 of the London Plan 2021, Policy SP11 of Haringey's Local Plan Strategic Policies 2013, Policy SP12 of Haringey's Local Plan Strategic Policies 2013, Policy DM1 of The Development Management DPD 2017, Policy DM9 of The Development Management DPD 2017

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