Alterations to create a roof terrace and installation of rooflight on roof slope

4D Planning were instructed to assist the owner of a top floor flat in a purpose-built block of flats to secure planning permission for an outdoor balcony or roof terrace. A number of designs and options were considered. The applicant decided to proceed with the Velux Cabrio design which provides outdoor amenity space in a sympathetic way, to reduce its visual impact on the surrounding properties. The proposed development was adjacent to a school and a listed building. Following intensive and lengthy negotiations with the council, Hackney Council eventually granted planning permission.