Planning appeal decision
16 The Glen, Rayners Lane, Pinner, Harrow, HA5 5AY
Planning appeal 3346927 at 16 The Glen, Rayners Lane, Pinner, Harrow, HA5 5AY (London Borough of Harrow) was allowed on 18 December 2025 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed operations would be permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 as amended.
loft conversion with hip to gable and dormer along with a ground floor rear single storey extension
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jones R
- Postcode
- HA5 5AY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a Lawful Development Certificate was well-founded, turning on whether the proposed operations would be permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 as amended
What decided it
The correct application of the Government's Technical Guidance for measuring eaves height demonstrated that the proposed rear extension's eaves height would not exceed the existing dwelling's eaves height, thereby satisfying the GPDO limitation A.1(d).
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