# St Vincents Farm Cottages, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill (s73A variation of conditions, 7 dwellings)

- **Decision:** dismissed, 23 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: Samuel Watson
- **Authority:** Barnet (London)
- **Appeal reference:** 6008624
- **Application reference:** 25/4961/S73
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** s73A variation/removal of conditions 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 to regularise as-built changes (internal layouts, staircases, 24 rooflights) to a 7-dwelling scheme
- **Homes:** 7
- **Site context:** conservation-area
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** TCPA s55(2)(a), TCPA s73A
- **Main issues:** scope of s73A, adequacy of plans
- **Tags:** tier-2, retrospective, s73, inadequate-plans, framework-not-cited, conservation-area

## Summary
An s73A appeal sought to regularise as-built departures, including internal layouts, new first floors and 24 rooflights, on a seven-dwelling scheme in Mill Hill. It was dismissed because the plans were incomplete and contradictory, and so could not be assessed or enforced (DL ¶17). The Framework is not cited.

## What made the difference
Internal works to a building still under construction are development and so were within scope (DL ¶9), but no first-floor plans were supplied (DL ¶11, ¶13).

## Policy findings
- **DM6: fail.** conflicting and incomplete plans (no first-floor plans) mean the varied conditions could not be understood or enforced (DL 11-17)

## Key facts
- Internal alterations to an uncompleted building are "development"; the s55(2)(a) exception applies only to completed buildings (DL 8-10)
- Framework not cited

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6008624
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/51512b36-fc2f-49ff-8997-ccfa1cd1cb2e

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