Planning appeal decision
3 Gladstone Parade, Edgware Road, London, NW2 6JR
Planning appeal 3289367 at 3 Gladstone Parade, Edgware Road, London, NW2 6JR (London Borough of Brent) was dismissed on 22 July 2022 by Inspector Grierson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupiers, with regard to outlook, daylight and sunlight.
the erection of a three-storey, one-bedroom dwellinghouse with second floor balcony and basement courtyard and the reduction of the side boundary wall and insertion of side pedestrian gate on the land to the rear of off license
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Grierson E
- Postcode
- NW2 6JR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupiers, with regard to outlook, daylight and sunlight
- whether the proposed development would provide sufficient cycle storage facilities
What decided it
The basement bedroom would receive substantially impeded daylight and sunlight and future occupiers would have severely restricted outlook, failing to provide satisfactory living conditions contrary to development plan policies.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D6 of The London PlanPolicy T5 of The London PlanPolicy DMP1 of the Brent Local Plan 2019-2041Policy BD1 of the Brent Local Plan 2019-2041Policy BH11 of the Brent Local Plan 2019-2041Policy BH13 of the Brent Local Plan 2019-2041
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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