Priory Grove Harold Hill home must demolish roof extension

A formal enforcement notice has been issued against the owner of the property at 7 Priory Grove after a rear dormer window roof extension was built without planning permission.

The notice, dated September 3, orders the unauthorised extension to be bulldozed or altered.

If the homeowner would prefer to redesign the extension, they must "tile clad the side and front external surfaces" of the roof extension in tiles to "match the roof of the main dwelling" and remove all rubbish or debris as a result of the redesign.

Havering Council said the extension, by reason of its bulk, scale, mass and "inappropriate use" of white timber cladding material, is a "dominant and visually intrusive feature detrimental to the character and appearance of the host property and visual amenity of the rear garden environment".

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The enforcement notice makes clear that retrospective planning permission was refused for the extension in October last year and an appeal was later dismissed.

This is the latest planning enforcement notice lodged by Havering Council in a recent spate across August and early September.

There were nine notices served across August with six coming between August 26 and 28 alone, including orders to demolish extensions at two restaurants along Corbets Tey Road in Upminster.

The document relating to 7 Priory Grove confirmed further permission for the current extension should not be granted because planning conditions attached to any consent would "not overcome these problems".

The notice takes effect on October 5 and action must be taken within three months of this date.