®Planning appeal decision
Glebe Motors, Glebe Road, Finchley, Barnet, London, N3 2AX
the demolition of existing car repair garage and construction of a two- storey building plus rooms in the roof space and lower ground floor to provide 9 No self-contained residential units with associated amenity space, cycle parking and refuse storage
- Authority
- Barnet
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- N3 2AX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The quality of accommodation that would be provided by the present scheme for nine apartments compared with a previously approved proposal for seven units for which planning permission remains extant
What decided it
The quality of accommodation proposed for the nine units meets the requirements of relevant development plan policies and supplementary guidance on design, amenity, outlook and privacy, and the contribution of two additional homes to housing stock on a brownfield site amounts to a material planning benefit.
The benefits of two additional residential units and more efficient use of a brownfield site outweighed the Council's concerns about the quality of ground and lower ground floor accommodation, which the Inspector found to be acceptable on fresh appraisal.
Plan policies cited: Barnet Local Plan Policy CDH01, London Plan Policy D3, London Plan Policy D6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.