Planning appeal decision
1 Lyndhurst Court, 36-38 Finchley Road, London, NW8 6EU
Planning appeal 3345625 at 1 Lyndhurst Court, 36-38 Finchley Road, London, NW8 6EU (City of Westminster Council) was dismissed on 31 July 2025 by Inspector Rafferty C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control.
without the requisite planning permission and within the last 4 years the installation of UPVC framed casement windows together with a UPVC framed French window and door at ground floor level on the north, east and south
- Authority
- City of Westminster Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Rafferty C
- Postcode
- NW8 6EU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the requirements of the enforcement notice exceed what is necessary to remedy the breach of planning control
What decided it
The requirements to reinstate matching timber-framed windows and doors are necessary to remedy the injury to amenity caused by the breach, and no lesser steps would achieve this purpose.
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 City of Westminster Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025
- Notice varied and upheld4 August 2026337423082 Gloucester Terrace (Also Known As 37 Gloucester Mews), London, W2 3HH
- Notice upheld22 July 20263364587Flat D, 214 Ashmore Road, , London, W9 3DD
- Notice varied and upheld23 June 20263354192Basement And Ground Floor, 29 Strutton Ground, London, SW1P 2HY
- Quashed On Legal Grounds8 June 20263348704362 Harrow Road, London, W9 2HU
- Notice varied and upheld19 February 20263357914Ground and Basement Floor, 101 Westbourne Grove, London, W2 4UW
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.
®