83 Princes Park Avenue, London, NW11 0JS

Planning appeal 3340448 at 83 Princes Park Avenue, London, NW11 0JS (London Borough of Barnet) was dismissed on 27 August 2024 by Inspector Francis M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the appeal property is in an appropriate location for a house in multiple occupation, with particular regard to need and the supply of family housing.

partially change of use of a residential semi-detached house (use Class C3) to an HMO (Use Class C4). No internal or external alterations

Authority: London Borough of Barnet
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Francis M
Postcode: NW11 0JS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the appeal property is in an appropriate location for a house in multiple occupation, with particular regard to need and the supply of family housing
The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties in terms of noise and disturbance
Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory parking arrangements and effect highway safety

What decided it

The proposal would result in the loss of a family-sized house which is the highest priority for housing within the borough, with no identified need for an HMO at this location, and would harm the living conditions of neighbouring properties through increased noise and disturbance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS1Policy CS5Policy CS9Policy CS15Policy DM01Policy DM04Policy DM08Policy DM09Policy DM17Policy HOU02Policy HOU04Policy ECC02

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

731 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Barnet

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

Notice varied and upheld29 September 20263359644
35 Hillview Gardens, London, NW4 2JJ
Notice upheld26 August 20263376088
48 Oldberry Road, Edgware, HA8 9DB
Planning permission granted4 August 20263355588
4 & 5 Accommodation Road, London, NW11 8ED
Notice varied and upheld28 July 20263356822
1 Stockton Gardens, London, NW7 3AB
Notice varied and upheld16 June 20263359265
644 High Road, London, N12 0NL

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.