Appeal 6000345
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
6 sections
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Section 01
Development description
described as ‘Construction of an additional storey comprising 3 new flats on the front elevation of the detached block of flats. Provision of cycle and refuse storage.’
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Preliminary Matters
The appeal is made pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (the GPDO). Class A permits development consisting of works for the construction of up to two additional storeys of new dwellinghouses immediately above the existing topmost residential storey on a building which is a purpose-built, detached block of flats, as well as certain associated works.
This right is subject to limitations which are specified at paragraph A.1, and conditions which are set out at paragraph A.2. The conditions establish a requirement for developers to apply to the local planning authority for a determination as to whether prior approval will be required in relation to a number of specified prior approval matters.
Section 04
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The main issues are: • whether the proposal constitutes permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the GPDO; and • if so, whether prior approval should be granted, having regard to the external appearance of the building.
Section 05
Permitted development
Article 3 (9A) of the GPDO stipulates that Schedule 2 does not grant permission for, or authorise any development of, any new dwellinghouse where the nationally described space standards (NDSS) are not met.
The main parties accept that one of the double bedrooms in the 2b4p flat measures less than 11.[address] metres and therefore fails to meet the requirements of the NDSS.
The appellant puts forward that this could be addressed by a planning condition requiring further details to show compliance with the NDSS, and that the GPDO does not preclude the use of such a condition.
However, the GPDO is clear that Schedule 2 does not permit any new dwellinghouse where the gross internal floorspace does not comply with the nationally described space standards, as is the case with the scheme before me. I also have insufficient evidence before me as to how the NDSS would be met in any event. Furthermore, conditioning amendments may disadvantage neighbouring properties who would not be consulted on the proposed amendments, if it results in a substantially different scheme.
Consequently, I conclude that, as Article 3 (9A) of the GPDO would not be met, the proposal would not constitute permitted development in respect to Schedule 2, Part 20, Class A of the GPDO.
As considerations in relation to prior approval are a follow-on condition stage under Class A.2(1), they apply only where a proposal constitutes permitted development. Given my conclusion above, there is no need to consider whether prior approval is required in this case.
Section 06
Conclusion
For the reasons given above, I conclude that the appeal should be dismissed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 4471No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 18 September 2025Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 3 September 2025 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 6000345
- Application reference
- 24/4508/PNV
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- London Borough of Barnet
- Planning authority code
- E09000003
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Minor Dwellings
- Appeal type reason
- Not recorded
- Appeal reason
- refused
- Type detail
- Prior Approval
- Jurisdiction
- No Jurisdiction Associated
- Link status
- Not recorded
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- 0 hectares
- Floor space
- 3,000 m²
- Number of residences
- 3
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- No
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Yes
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- No
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Dismissed
- Decision category
- Dismissed
- Received date
- 18 June 2025
- Valid date
- 18 June 2025
- Start date
- 26 June 2025
- Planning authority decision date
- 18 December 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 18 September 2025
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- Not recorded
- Bespoke
- Not recorded
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- No
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Back Office-s78
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 76566
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:25
- Record updated
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28