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53 Tanfield Avenue, London, NW2 7SA

26/2420Refused
Prior approval

Refused on 28 September 2026

Council decision: Prior approval is refused at submission1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for a single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse, in metres: Extending beyond the rear wall of the original house - 6m Maximum height - 3m Eaves height - 2.9m

Received
23 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Dollis Hill
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 5 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 53 Tanfield Avenue, London, NW2 7SA. Brent has handled 17,100 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 7 weeks quicker than Brent's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Dollis Hill. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the NW2 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The submission fails to meet the requirements for submission set out within Paragraph A.4 (2) of Class A and as such, fails to accord with the conditions, limitations and restrictions applicable to development permitted by Class A. The proposal is hereby refused, having regard to Paragraph A.4 (3) of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015, as amended.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NW2 7SA

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
PA Tech Support

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 for HMOs
  • 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Sep

    Proposed two storey rear extension to dwellinghouse.

    PendingApplicationFiled alongside26/2421
  2. 2026
    23 Sep

    Prior approval for a single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse, in metres: Extending beyond the rear wall…

    This applicationRefusedApplication26/2420

Source: Brent

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