31 Hornbeams Bricket Wood Hertfordshire AL2 3SP

1. 1.Prior approval is required and refused for the proposed construction of an additional storey on the basis that the information submitted with this proposal suggests that the internal floor-to-ceiling height of the proposed second floor extension would exceed that of the original ground floor. The proposal would therefore fail to comply with (h)(ii) of Class AA of Part 1 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended.
2. 2.Prior approval is also required and refused for the proposed construction of an additional storey on the basis that the proposed development would likely lead to an adverse loss of light to first floor side facing openings on neighbouring property 29 Hornbeams, and thus would have an adverse impact on the amenity of this neighbour. This is in conflict with (3)(a)(i) of Class AA of Part 1 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended.
3. 3.Furthermore, prior approval is required and refused for the proposed construction of an additional storey on the basis the proposed additional storey would appear as an incongruous feature that would not be sympathetic to local character and disrupt the consistent and largely repetitive form, character and appearance of Hornbeams, contrary to the provisions of (3)(a)(ii)(aa) of Part 1 Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended. Planning permission would therefore be required for the proposed works.

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

AL2 3SP

Applicant

Private applicant