20 Bentley Priory Mansion House Drive, STANMORE, HA7 3FB

Installation, enlargement and replacement of two rooflights in rear roof slope; external alterations to roof without complying with a condition attached to application permission Ref P/2386/20, dated 14 July 2020

Authority: London Borough of Harrow
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Scott A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the conditions are necessary to preserve the Grade II* listed building, Central Entrance Block to Bentley Priory or any features of special interest that it possesses
The effect of removing the condition on the Grade II registered Historic Park and Garden, Bentley Priory

What decided it

The conditions failed the necessity test under paragraph 56 of the NPPF because the minimal and imperceptible difference in rooflight projection had a neutral effect on the listed building's significance and special interest.

Framework references: 56, 197

Plan policies cited: CS1.B, CS1.D, DM1, DM7, D3.D, HC1

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