Barnet Council's Planning Committee has approved plans for a new development at View Lodge, Grange View Road, which will see the demolition of existing buildings to make way for six self-contained flats and one family dwellinghouse.
The decision, made at the committee meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, followed a revised application that addressed previous concerns regarding scale and massing. The original proposal for eight flats and a house had been refused.
The revised scheme addressed concerns about scale, massing, and impact on amenity by reducing the number of flats and redesigning the roof. The approved development includes a two-storey building with rooms in the roofspace, along with associated amenity space, refuse storage, cycle parking, and five off-street parking spaces. The applicant, Geraldine Hetherington, stated that the proposal was for a family home for herself and her parents, and that they had worked closely with the council to address previous concerns. She also highlighted that the proposal was to provide much-needed housing for the area.
Objectors had raised concerns about overdevelopment, increased traffic, parking issues, construction impacts, loss of light and privacy, and insufficient emergency vehicle access. However, the committee ultimately voted to approve the application, subject to conditions. These conditions include the implementation of a Construction Logistics Plan to manage dust and noise, and the removal of a requirement for a Section 106 agreement related to parking permits.
The Highways Officer initially required a Section 106 agreement to restrict parking permits, but later advised it was not necessary as the private road is not within a Controlled Parking Zone. The revised comments from the Highways Officer indicated that the scheme remains acceptable and that the provision of five off-street parking spaces complies with guidance and standards. The applicant also assured the committee that emergency vehicles could access the property and that the family had contributed to road maintenance, pledging to make good any damage to the road caused by construction vehicles. The applicant's representative also highlighted that the new build would improve the overall appearance of the road, which has been their home for 27 years.
The committee's decision to approve the development signifies a move towards providing new housing while addressing the concerns raised by local residents through revised plans. The full details of the meeting and reports can be found in the Public reports pack and the Agenda frontsheet.
For other developments discussed at the meeting, approval was subject to various conditions. For Hotel Unique, these included acoustic mitigation, insulation, and noise management plans, as well as tightly managing construction impacts. For 16 Corringham Road, conditions were applied, and a resident's concern about drainage in a critical drainage area led to an informative being attached to the decision notice regarding site constraints and the incorporation of sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS). For 867 Finchley Road, conditions included restricted hours of operation (7 am to midnight) and appropriate noise security operational controls. For 17 Lyonsdown Avenue, approval was also subject to conditions.