Appeal against a refusal of planning permission for a two-storey side and single-storey front and rear extension

We are experts in planning appeals for homeowner extensions and this one was typical of the kind of work we do. Barking & Dagenham Council had refused planning permission for these extensions because they thought it would harm the special character of the Becontree Estate. The Becontree Estate was built at the beginning of the […]

Appeal against a refusal of planning permission for a two-storey side extension to create new dwelling

The homeowner had sought planning permission to extend his house to the side over two floors and to create a new house in the extension. The council refused planning permission because it was concerned that the proposed two-floor extension would be out of scale and character with the existing property and the surrounding terraced houses. […]

Appeal against a Enforcement Notice relating to the conversion of the upper floors into three flats

In this case, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham served an Enforcement Notice against our client for the unauthorised subdivision of the flat above a shop into three different flats. The Notice gave him 6 months in which to evict the tenants and return the upper floors to a single flat. We appealed against the […]