®Planning appeal decision
5 Goodhall Close, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4FR
Planning appeal 3349856 at 5 Goodhall Close, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4FR (London Borough of Harrow) was allowed on 17 February 2025 by Inspector Deane G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host building and the local area.
the erection of a single storey rear extension; convert the garage (partly) to habitable room/utility/study; convert the house to two flats:1. A ground floor of 2-bedroom 2-bathroom garden flat. 2. First and Second floor 4-bedroom 3-bathroom flat
- Authority
- London Borough of Harrow
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Deane G
- Postcode
- HA7 4FR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host building and the local area
- The effect on highway safety and movements for users of Goodhall Close
- Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupiers with particular regard to external amenity space
What decided it
The absence of external visual changes to the front elevation and the ability to subdivide the rear garden into satisfactory private outdoor amenity spaces for both flats, combined with the lack of evidence that modest additional on-street parking demand would significantly worsen highway safety, allowed the appeal to proceed in accordance with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D3 of the London PlanCore Policy 1 of the Harrow Core StrategyPolicy DM 1 of the Harrow Development Management Policies DocumentPolicy T5 of the London PlanPolicy T6 of the London PlanPolicy T6.1 of the London PlanPolicy DM 42 of the Harrow Development Management Policies DocumentPolicy D6 of the London Plan
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.
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