# Land adjacent to 340 Heathway, Dagenham

- **Decision:** dismissed, 11 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: Mark Harrison
- **Authority:** Barking and Dagenham (London)
- **Appeal reference:** 6006329
- **Application reference:** 25/01514/FULL
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Part two/part single-storey side extension forming a new 1-bed attached dwelling on the Becontree Estate
- **Homes:** 1
- **Site context:** inside-settlement, near-station
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** HE7(2), TR4(1)(c)(i)
- **Development plan policies:** London Plan 2021 D4, D6, HC1, T1, T2, T4, T6, T6.1, Barking and Dagenham Local Plan 2024 DMD1, DMD4, SP2, DMT2
- **Main issues:** character/NDHA, parking and highway safety
- **Tags:** tier-2, ndha, fallback, highway-safety-fail, small-scheme

## Summary
An attached new dwelling on the Becontree Estate, a non-designated heritage asset, was dismissed. It caused significant harm to the uniform terrace and was served by unlawful footway-crossing parking. An extant extension permission counted as a moderate-weight fallback but was less harmful. The Framework is mentioned only in passing and no version is given. The L2(1)(d) "additional units within residential curtilages" test was not engaged.

## What made the difference
The single-storey side infill up to the boundary and the second front door made the scheme read as a narrow separate house, which did more harm than the fallback (DL ¶10).

## Policy findings
- **HE7(2): harm.** "significant harm" to Becontree Estate NDHA; unsubordinate, narrow frontage unbalances the terrace, garden subdivided (DL 3-12); HE7 not named
- **TR4(1)(c)(i): fail.** Framework not cited; cars would cross footway unlawfully (no dropped kerb, CPZ bay) (DL 14-18)

## Key facts
- Extant householder permission for similar two-storey side extension, fallback given moderate weight (DL 8-9)
- Offer to go car-free not accompanied by plans; not for appeal to evolve schemes (DL 17)

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/639b2e8c-8eac-421d-b0e3-ba997e98707f
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6006329

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