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114, Ashurst Road, East Barnet, EN4 9LG

26/2238/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 27 August 2026

3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of the dwelling into 3no. self-contained flats including conversion of the existing garage into habitable room, insertion of window and door to replace existing garage door. Associated off-street parking and amenity space

Submitted
2 July 2026
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at 114, Ashurst Road, East Barnet, EN4 9LG. Barnet has handled 768 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across EB22. We hold 892 applications in total for the EN4 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 conversion of the single family dwellinghouse into flats, given its location within an area characterised by single family dwellinghouses, would fail to meet the criteria as set out for the sustainable redevelopment of larger homes and together with the competing front entrance ways and the siting of a principal means of access to the rear, would fail to respond sensitively to the established pattern of development and lead to an incongruous pattern of activity, to the detriment of the character of the host property and surrounding area, contrary to Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01 and HOU03 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Residential Design Guidance SPD (2016)
  2. The proposed sub-division, by reason of the intensification of occupation by 3no independent households, would harmfully increase noise, disturbance, and disruption to neighbouring residents through increased coming and goings and associated general activity, incongruous to the established pattern of development and detrimental to the residential amenities of neighbouring occupiers, contrary to Policies D3 and D14 of the London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01, HOU03 and ECC02 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026)
  3. The proposed sub-division, by reason of insufficient Gross Internal Area (GIA) for Flats A and B and inadequate floor to ceiling height for all units, would result in a sub-standard form of development and fail to support the creation of an inclusive environment in terms of daylight penetration, ventilation and cooling. This in conjunction with the poor levels of outlook to habitable rooms, the lack of private rear amenity spaces for Flats A and B and the poor levels of privacy between the units would result in poor quality amenity for future residents of Flats A and B, to the detriment of the residential amenities of future occupiers, contrary to Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01 and HOU03 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026)

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
EN4 9LG
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.

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