# 4 Highfield Gardens, Golders Green

- **Decision:** allowed, 26 August 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: R Dickson
- **Authority:** Barnet (London)
- **Appeal reference:** 6006920
- **Application reference:** 25/5086/FUL
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** Replacement dwelling with basement, differing from approved scheme only by two front dormers
- **Homes:** 1
- **Site context:** inside-settlement
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** DP3
- **Development plan policies:** Barnet Local Plan 2021-2036 CDH01, London Plan 2021 D3, Barnet Residential Design Guidance SPD 2016
- **Main issues:** character and appearance
- **Tags:** tier-2, dormers, framework-not-cited, pd-rights-condition-refused

## Summary
A replacement house was allowed with two front dormers that the extant permission did not include. The street's roofscape is so varied that the dormers "would respect and enhance the prevailing character" (DL ¶8). No Framework is cited in the reasoning.

## What made the difference
The varied roofscape at the street entrance and the small, symmetrical dormers. The Council's request to remove permitted development rights was declined as "overly restrictive" (DL ¶16).

## Policy findings
- **DP3: pass.** Framework not cited; varied roofscape means small symmetrical front dormers are a sensitive addition (DL 4-9)
- **DM6: neutral.** removal of PD rights refused as overly restrictive (DL 16)

## Key facts
- Extant permission (24/4304/FUL as varied by 25/4927/S73) for similar dwelling without front dormers

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/8af82a76-ec71-4eef-a195-0fbd096adc9e
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6006920

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