Westwood Lodge Torrington Grove London N12 9NP

1. 1.The proposed additional storey, by reason of its unsympathetic design, prominent siting, excessive height, scale and bulk, together with the cumulative visual impact of the proposed pitched roof and front and rear dormer windows, would be an overly dominant, discordant and unsympathetic addition which would relate poorly to the existing building, streetscene and local context to the detriment of the character and appearance of the host property, streetscene and surrounding area, contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework (2026), Policies D3 and D4 of the London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01 and CDH05 of the Adopted Local Plan (2025) and the guidance contained within Barnet's Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026).
2. 2.The proposed additional storey, by reason of its excessive height, scale, siting and projection beyond the rear elevation of the neighbouring property at Nos. 3-5 Torrington Grove, would result in an overbearing and dominant form of development. The proposal would lead to an unacceptable loss of outlook, increased sense of enclosure, and loss of daylight and sunlight to neighbouring habitable rooms and amenity spaces. The development would therefore result in significant harm to the residential amenity of neighbouring occupiers, contrary to Policies D3 and D6 of the London Plan (2021), Policies CDH01 and CDH05 of the Barnet Local Plan (adopted March 2025) and the guidance contained within Barnet's Sustainable Design and Development Guidance SPD (2026).
3. 3.Insufficient information has been provided to enable the Local Planning Authority to properly determine whether the proposed units would provide 75% of its gross internal area with a floor to ceiling height of 2.5 metres. In the absence of such information it is considered that the proposal would fail to provide an acceptable standard of accommodation to the detriment of the residential amenities of the future occupiers of these units 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.

Postcode

N12 9NP

Application type

Full Application

Scale / size

Small

Date validated

5 August 2026

Consultation expiry

3 September 2026

Target decision date

30 September 2026

Agent

Hertford Planning Service

Agent address

Westgate House 37-41 Castle Street Hertford SG14 1HH United Kingdom

Statutory period

56 days

Site notice start

13 August 2026

Site notice end

3 September 2026

Planning Portal ID

PP-15088990

Comments

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