Land Rear Of 136 High Road, London, N2 9ED

1. 1.The proposed development would result in the development of former garden/open land and would be contrary to the wider pattern of development; this would be unacceptable in principle. Furthermore, the proposed design, scale and massing would appear dominant within the context of the rear garden location and result in a cramped from of development, to the detriment of the wider surrounding character and appearance of the host site. The proposed development would therefore be contrary to the high-quality design aspirations of the NPPF (2025), Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CDH01 and CDH07 of Barnet Local plan (2025) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016) and Sustainable Design and Construction SPD (2016).
2. 2.The proposed dwelling by reason of its siting and proximity to the rear boundary of No.136 High Road, would have its principal living accommodation and amenity space unacceptably overlooked by the existing property, resulting in a loss of privacy to the detriment of the residential amenities of the future occupiers of the new dwelling. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CDH01 of the Barnet Local Plan (2025), and the Sustainable Design and Construction SPD and Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016).
3. 3.The proposed development does not provide a legal agreement to address the highway and car parking impacts of the proposed development. In the absence of a legal agreement securing appropriate mitigation by restricting future occupiers of the proposed development from obtaining parking permits within the Controlled Parking Zone, the proposed development would unacceptably increase on-street parking stress in the vicinity of the site to the detriment of highways and pedestrian safety and the free flow of traffic contrary to policies T6 and T.6.1 of the London Plan 2021, and Policy TRC03 of Barnet's Local Plan (2025).
4. 4.Insufficient information has been submitted regarding Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessment and the Statutory Metric. Without such information LPA cannot assess the impact of the proposed development on Ecology and Biodiversity at the site, contrary to Paragraph 193 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2025), Policy G6 of the London Plan (2021) and Policy ECC07 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025), Section 13 of Schedule 7a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended), Section 43 of the Conservation of Habitat and Speices Regulation 2017, Section 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Section 40 the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and Paragraph 98 ODPM Circular 06/2005

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

N2 9ED

Application type

Full planning permission