1 Charcot Road, LONDON, NW9 5HG

change of use of the ground floor from a restaurant Class E(b) to a retail shop Class E(a) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission reference 25/0112/FUL dated 1 April 2025

Authority: London Borough of Barnet
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: retail · Other minor developments
Inspector: Dryden K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed change to the opening hours on the living conditions of adjoining residential occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance

What decided it

The absence of a noise impact assessment and proposed mitigation measures to demonstrate that the extended opening hours would not cause significant adverse noise effects to adjoining residential occupiers during night-time hours.

Plan policies cited: Policy ECC02 of The Barnet Local Plan 2021-2036 (2025), Policy CDH01 of The Barnet Local Plan 2021-2036 (2025), Policy D13 of The London Plan (2021), Policy D14 of The London Plan (2021)

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