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2, Sunny Gardens Road, Hendon, NW4 1RT

26/0886/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 June 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to a 6 bed HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) (Class C4) Associated cycle storage

Submitted
9 March 2026
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 102 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 2, Sunny Gardens Road, Hendon, NW4 1RT. Barnet has handled 768 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Barnet's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across HD22. We hold 3,124 applications in total for the NW4 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 change of use of the property to a 6-bedroom HMO would result in the loss of a single family dwellinghouse for which there is a known demand and which is considered a priority housing type within the Borough, and the applicant has not demonstrated that there is an identified need for the accommodation proposed at this location. Furthermore, its use as an HMO in a street characterised by single family dwellings would contribute towards change in the function and character of the street and be incongruous to the established settled residential pattern, detrimental to the established character of the area. The proposal is contrary to NPPF (2025), Policy H9 of London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01, HOU02 and HOU04 of the Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Approved Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD Part 3 (June 2025).
  2. The development does not include a formal undertaking to enable an amendment to the Traffic Regulation Order and contribution towards the associated monitoring costs to mitigate the on-street parking impact in the vicinity of the site, leading to increased kerbside parking and conditions detrimental to the free flow of traffic and highway and pedestrian safety, contrary to Policies T4 and T6.1 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies TRC01 and TRC03 of the Local Plan (2025).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NW4 1RT
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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