Rear Of 37 Beechwood Avenue London N3 3BB

1. 1.The proposed development, by reason of its size, pronounced vertical massing, height and prominent siting, including its forward projection along Beechwood Avenue, relationship with No 37 Beechwood Avenue and visual impact from the gardens of Windermere Avenue, would appear as an unduly cramped, overly prominent, overbearing and unsympathetic form of development, incongruous to the established pattern of development and detrimental to the character and appearance of the application site and surrounding area, contrary to Policy D3 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CHD01 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026)
2. 2.The proposed development, by reason of its height, scale, pronounced vertical massing, design and siting of flank walls in close proximity to the boundaries with neighbouring properties at No 37 and No 39 Beechwood Avenue and the rear wall near the rear boundary with No 94 Windermere Avenue, would appear overbearing and result in an undue loss of outlook when viewed from the main dwelling and rear garden of No 37 Beechwood Avenue. Moreover, it would give rise to overshadowing, appear overbearing, result in a loss of outlook and increased sense of enclosure for the rear garden of No 94 Windermere Avenue and would appear overbearing and cause a loss of outlook from the front facing rooms of No 39 Beechwood Avenue, detrimental to the residential amenities of neighbouring occupiers, contrary to Policies D3 and D6 of the London Plan, Policy CDH01 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026)
3. 3.The proposed development would fail to provide an acceptable standard of residential amenity for future occupiers. The proposed bedroom 3 within the roofspace is served by rooflights WS2 and WS3 which are shown as obscure glazed and restricted in opening. The resulting accommodation would provide a poor and visually constrained outlook from a habitable bedroom and would therefore fail to provide an acceptable standard of living accommodation, to the detriment of the residential amenities of future occupiers, contrary to Policies D3 and D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policy CHD01 of the LB Barnet Local Plan (2025) and the Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026)
4. 4.Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed development qualifies for the 'de minimis' exemption from the statutory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements. The applicant has not provided adequate evidence to justify the claimed exemption. The Local Planning Authority (LPA) has concluded that the proposed development will result in the loss of existing habitat greater than 25 sqm and must submit a supporting Biodiveristy Statement and accompanying statutory metric. In the absence of this information, the LPA is unable to determine whether the proposal would comply with its net gain biodiversity requirements. The application fails to satisfy the requirements of Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, which requires sufficient information to be submitted at the application stage to assess the anticipate level of net gain on the site post-development. This is contrary to Paragraph N2 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026), Policy G6 of the London Plan (2021), and Policy ECC07 of the Barnet Local Plan (2025). In the absence of evidence demonstrating that an exemption applies, any planning permission granted would be subject to the mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain provisions set out in Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

N3 3BB

Application type

Full Application

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

23 July 2026

Consultation expiry

20 August 2026

Target decision date

17 September 2026

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

30 July 2026

Site notice end

20 August 2026

Planning Portal ID

PP-14904189

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