ePetition details
Protecting all Barnet Homeowners permitted development rights to convert their loft space lawfully.
Many homeowners have already converted their loft space, or may
wish to in the future. Currently, our loft conversion carried out
under permitted development rights (no need for planning
permission) has been denied a lawful status by Barnet Planning
Department. This loft conversion is almost if not exactly identical
in design and layout to 99 others in the 4 roads surrounding and
including Leicester Road (approx 1 in 4 homes) and in our opinion
does not breach any of the stipulated criteria for permitted
development rights.
We need to sell our home for the health of our chronically ill
teenage daughter, the sooner the better, and in order to rectify
this status from Unlawful to Lawful, we were advised by Barnet
Planning Authority to apply for full planning permission as a way
forwards for us. Barnet Planning Authority are now recommending
refusal of our application, on the grounds of being 'out of
character with the house and surrounding area'.
Whilst we feel that our loft conversion is very 'in character' you
cannot see it from the street and it echoes many others from the
garden.
As far as we are aware, no other households have applied for
planning permission for their lofts, because it should be legal
under permitted development, and we feel we are being used as a
test case by the planning authority, and setting a precedent.
The decision has now been called to committee by our local
councillor Claire Farrier and will be decided by the Finchley and
Golders Green Planning Committee on September 4th. We need as much
support from our fellow local residents as we can get - please
support us and this outcome will affect every Barnet Homeowner's
rights. Thank you.
This ePetition ran from 16/08/2018 to 27/09/2018 and has now finished.
One person signed this ePetition.