33 Denmark Road, London, SW19 4PQ

Planning appeal 3364315 at 33 Denmark Road, London, SW19 4PQ (London Borough of Merton) was dismissed on 16 July 2025 by Inspector Thomas M, 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 Conservation Area including the effect on the appeal dwelling as a locally listed building.

rear and side extension on ground floor with rear extension proposed on first and second floor. S

Authority: London Borough of Merton
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Thomas M
Postcode: SW19 4PQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and Conservation Area including the effect on the appeal dwelling as a locally listed building
The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupants of 34 Denmark Road in relation to outlook and on the living conditions of the occupants of Nos 4 and 5 St Johns Road in relation to privacy

What decided it

The siting, scale, form and massing of the combined first and second floor extensions would unduly harm the character and appearance of the host dwelling and Conservation Area, and would create unacceptable overbearing impact on the neighbouring property at No.34 Denmark Road.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: London Plan 2021 policy HC1Merton Local Plan 2024-2037/38 policy D12.3Merton Local Plan 2024-2037/38 policy D12.4Merton Local Plan 2024-2037/38 policy D12.5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 216

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

242 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

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