®Planning appeal decision
Morritt House, Harrow Road, Wembley, HA0 4XD
construction of a total of 4 no. 1 person, 1 bedroom flats and 4 no. 2 person 1 bedroom flats on the 4th and 5th floor of a 4 storey purpose built block of flats
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jones H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be permitted development with particular regard to whether the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A.1(n) and Article 3(9A) of the GPDO would be met
- Whether prior approval should be granted under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the GPDO, having particular regard to the effects of the development on the external appearance of the building
- Whether prior approval should be granted under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the GPDO, having particular regard to the transport and highways impacts of the development
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the external appearance of the building caused by the height, mass and design of the proposed extension, particularly the blank side elevation and jarring visual relationship with neighbouring lower-rise properties, outweighed the acceptability of the development as permitted development and its transport impacts.
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