38 Sequoia Park, Hatch End, Pinner, Harrow, HA5 4DG Data via plota.co.uk

Refused PL/2309/25
Council
Date received
week of 15 Sept 2025
Decision date
week of 1 Jun 2026
Postcode
HA5 4DG

Description

Single and two storey front, side and rear extensions; installation of 4 rooflights to each front and rear roofslopes; front porch (demolition of garage) Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Harrow Planning Committee on 28 May 2026.

Refused unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because the extensions would harm the neighbour’s outlook and create an incongruous appearance.
  • A neighbour and the Hatch End Association objected over amenity, privacy, outlook, bulk, positioning and streetscape impact.
  • The committee unanimously refused the application.
Read how the committee decided The proposed extensions, site history, objections, officers’ assessment and the committee’s unanimous refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Harrow's committee minutes of 28 May 2026.

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Harrow AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Harrow built-up area; Green belt about 32 m away: London; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 18 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £845,000 in June 2025. Detached house, freehold.

24 June 2025£845,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Harrow
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#153 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Harrow ranks #115 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Harrow is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
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Harrow decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
78%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #273 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #261 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #115 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #77 of 296
44%
Minor dwellings approved
133 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
38%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,330
Total decisions
298 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.