Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed5 December 20253358366

190 Rowan Road, London, SW16 5HX

Planning appeal 3358366 at 190 Rowan Road, London, SW16 5HX (London Borough of Merton) was dismissed on 5 December 2025 by Inspector Wilson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the area.

‘Loft conversion to the first floor flat.’

Authority
London Borough of Merton
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Wilson S
Postcode
SW16 5HX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the area

What decided it

The proposal would have a harmful effect on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the area by removing an important architectural feature and eroding the legibility of the street scene.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D12.1Policy D12.3Policy D12.4Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021)

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

334 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 Merton

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Dismissed23 October 20266006717
    71 Leamington Avenue, Morden, SM4 4DQ
  2. Dismissed21 October 20266008957
    18, West Place, London, SW19 4UH
  3. Notice upheld21 September 20263364443
    31 Glebe Avenue, Mitcham, CR4 3DZ
  4. Allowed7 August 20266007543
    11B Calonne Road, Merton, Wimbledon, SW19 8HH
  5. Dismissed17 July 20266006955
    35 Kingston Road, London, SW19 1JW

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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.