®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed23 July 20243335750
106 Mays Lane, Underhill, BARNET, EN5 2LL
conversion of house into a 7 room (7 person) HMO
- Authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Livingstone C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for use as a HMO having regard to development plan policies and the effect of the development on the supply of family housing and the character of the area
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to increased activity and noise
What decided it
The site's poor public transport accessibility and the loss of a three-bedroom family home in an area where family housing is prioritised by development plan policy rendered the proposal unsuitable despite the absence of harm to character and neighbouring amenity.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM08, Policy DM09, Policy HOU02, Policy DM01, Policy CS5, Policy CS1, Policy DM04, Policy ECC02, Policy HOU4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.