®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed20 January 20263373636
30 Ferndene Road, LONDON, SE24 0AB
application for full planning permission for the renovation of the upper ground floor flat to include an extension into the rear garden and a basement extension below
- Authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Robbie G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Principle of basement extension
- The effects of the proposed development upon character and appearance of the appeal property and the surrounding area
- The effects of the proposed development upon living conditions of occupiers of the extended appeal property, with particular regard to outlook, daylight and sunlight
- The effects of the proposed development upon living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to noise and disturbance arising from proposed air-source heat pumps
What decided it
The proposal failed to adequately demonstrate that the basement extension would not adversely affect local ground conditions in terms of stability, ground and surface water flows, contrary to Lambeth Local Plan Policy Q27.
Plan policies cited: Policy Q27, Policy Q5, Policy Q8, Policy Q11, Policy Q2, Policy H5
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