2 Queens Walk, LONDON, NW9 8ER

without planning permission, the erection of a two-storey side and rear extension, conversion of the garage into a habitable room, including the replacement of [the] garage door with windows, front garden alterations including hard and soft landscaping and an extension to [the] existing front boundary wall, installation of windows to the side elevations of the dwelling and alterations to the roof of the dwellinghouse (‘the unauthorised development’)

Authority: London Borough of Brent
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Hawkins S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the dwelling and the surrounding area
The effect on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring residential property, having regard to outlook and privacy

What decided it

The deviations from the previously approved scheme are not substantial enough to materially worsen the character and appearance or living conditions compared to that approval, and conditions can address the remaining concerns regarding landscaping and privacy.

Plan policies cited: Policy DMP1, Policy BD1

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