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217 - 219 Golders Green Road, London, NW11 9BY

26/0017/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 September 2026

3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a part three, part four storey building with offices at lower ground and 9no. self-contained residential units at ground to upper floors. Associated refuse and bicycle storage, private and communal amenity space. Provision of basement and ground level parking and access points on Golders Green Road and Limes Avenue

Submitted
12 March 2026
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 186 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at 217 - 219 Golders Green Road London NW11 9BY. Barnet has handled 768 applications of this type. This one was decided in 186 days, 19 weeks longer than Barnet's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across GG22. We hold 1,887 applications in total for the NW11 postcode area.

62% of full planning permission applications at London Borough of Barnet were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed building, by reason of its excessive size, inappropriate siting and bulk, and poor design quality, including the discordant roof form, the overly large lightwell and the excessive fenestration at roof level facing Golders Green Road would result in an incongruous and visually dominant form of development, failing to integrate successfully with the established urban fabric or to respect the prevailing character and appearance of the application site, the existing streetscene and the wider surrounding area, contrary to national guidance within the NPPF (2026), Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01 and CDH05 of Barnet Local Plan (Adopted March 2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance (SPD) (2026).
  2. The proposed development would provide a poor standard of amenity for the ground floor Flat 1 fronting Limes Avenue owing to the boundary treatment positioned directly in front of the dining/kitchen windows, leading to a constrained and compromised outlook. Furthermore, the balcony for flat 1 located in close proximity to the boundary fencing facing Limes Avenue, would result in a substandard and overly enclosed external space and a pronounced sense of enclosure, leading to a substandard space to the detriment of the residential amenity of future occupiers, contrary to Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CDH01 and CDH07 of the Barnet Local Plan (Adopted March 2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance (SPD) (2026).
  3. The proposed development does not include a legal agreement to restrict future occupiers from the ability to obtain parking permits. The proposal would therefore not address the highways impacts of the development, contrary to Policy TRC03 of Barnet's Local Plan (Adopted March 2025) and Barnet's Planning Obligations (SPD) (Adopted 05 March 2025).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NW11 9BY
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Area 1
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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