Planning appeal decision
60A Purley Avenue, London, NW2 1SB
Planning appeal 3297252 at 60A Purley Avenue, London, NW2 1SB (London Borough of Barnet) was dismissed on 13 January 2023 by Inspector Aqbal M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class ZA of the GPDO, with regard to whether the replacement building comprises a purpose-built detached block of flats.
notification for prior approval for demolition of existing building and construction of residential apartment block to provide 5 residential flats (C3)
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
- Postcode
- NW2 1SB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class ZA of the GPDO, with regard to whether the replacement building comprises a purpose-built detached block of flats
What decided it
The replacement building comprises vertically-divided individual dwellinghouses arranged as a terrace rather than a horizontally-divided block of flats, and therefore does not qualify as permitted development under Class ZA of the GPDO.
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