®Planning appeal decision
Homebase Site, New Zealand Avenue, Walton on Thames, Surrey , KT12 1XA
Planning appeal 3263347 at Homebase Site, New Zealand Avenue, Walton on Thames, Surrey , KT12 1XA (Elmbridge Borough Council) was allowed on 21 June 2021 by Inspector Mahoney F, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed care accommodation (C2 use class – residential institutions) would be an appropriate response to the development of the appeal site, making efficient use of land, in the context of a pressing unmet general housing need (including affordable housing) in the Borough.
Development comprising 222 units of care accommodation with associated communal facilities, landscaping, parking, accesses, public realm, bicycle stores and sub-station following demolition of existing buildings
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Mahoney F
- Postcode
- KT12 1XA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed care accommodation (C2 use class – residential institutions) would be an appropriate response to the development of the appeal site, making efficient use of land, in the context of a pressing unmet general housing need (including affordable housing) in the Borough
- Whether the proposal would undermine the promotion of a diversity in the mix of uses within the Town Centre with particular regard to the impact on its vitality and viability
What decided it
No harm or adverse impact was identified against the development plan or the Framework, so the significant benefits of the scheme (including its substantial contribution to identified extra care housing need) stood unopposed.
No policy harms or adverse impacts were identified, so there was no harm to weigh against the acknowledged social, economic and environmental benefits, and the tilted balance favoured granting permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS1CS3CS17CS18CS19CS20DM2DM3DM5DM10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 59Paragraph 61Paragraph 109Paragraph 122Paragraph 123Paragraph 127Paragraph 180Paragraph 213
- Judgments
- Horsham District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2015] EWHC 109 (Admin)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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