Planning appeal decision
1 St. John's Road, London, E17 4JG
Planning appeal 3370248 at 1 St. John's Road, London, E17 4JG (Waltham Forest London Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 September 2025 by Inspector Deane G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the submitted drawings are sufficiently accurate and reliable to enable proper assessment of the development against relevant planning policies and its effect on local character and neighbouring amenity.
retrospective permission to retain 1st floor extension completed June 2017
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Deane G
- Postcode
- E17 4JG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the submitted drawings are sufficiently accurate and reliable to enable proper assessment of the development against relevant planning policies and its effect on local character and neighbouring amenity
What decided it
The fundamental inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the submitted drawings prevented proper assessment of the development's compliance with local plan policies on design quality and amenity protection.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 53Policy 57
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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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.
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