Planning appeal decision
34 Bathurst Gardens, London, NW10 5JA
Planning appeal 3310949 at 34 Bathurst Gardens, London, NW10 5JA (London Borough of Brent) was allowed on 24 June 2024 by Inspector Tweddle J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed operations would have been permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
a loft conversion, erection of rear dormer and skylights to the front
- Authority
- London Borough of Brent
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Tweddle J
- Postcode
- NW10 5JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's refusal to grant a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed operations would have been permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)
What decided it
The appeal building would remain in use as a C4 HMO with the proposed works, meaning the dormer and skylights would be permitted development under the GPDO and therefore lawful.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in London Borough of Brent
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Dismissed29 October 202660111767 Chalfont Avenue, Wembley, HA9 6NW
- Allowed22 October 20266011738102 West Hill, Wembley, HA9 9RR
- Allowed9 October 20266010212276 Willesden Lane, London, NW2 5RB
- Dismissed6 October 20266013509115 Brondesbury Road, London, NW6 6RY
- Allowed1 October 2026601160228A Ridley Road, London, NW10 5UA
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®