®Planning appeal decision
22-24 Dorking Road, EPSOM, KT18 7LX
demolition of the existing houses and erection of a part two, part three storey building with rooms in the roof and basement providing 20 flats. Basement parking for cars and cycles. Bin stores and associated hard and soft landscaping including new boundary walls and railings
- Authority
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Andrews M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the adequacy of the proposed parking provision in terms of its effect on the amenities of surrounding residential occupiers
- the effect of the proposal on the setting of nearby designated heritage assets
What decided it
The unacceptable effect on character and appearance caused by the building's excessive height, bulk and massing in a distinctive suburban inter-war dwelling context, combined with inadequate parking provision and material harm to heritage asset settings, outweighed the benefits of additional housing delivery even under the tilted balance.
the benefits of 18 additional dwellings and affordable housing contribution were outweighed by the unacceptably harmful impacts on character and appearance, parking adequacy, and heritage asset settings, such that the weight given to housing provision should not be at the expense of high design standards and appropriate scale to context
Framework references: 11, 104, 130, 12, 16
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, Policy CS16, Policy DM9, Policy DM10, Policy DM11, Policy DM37, paragraph 3.7.5 of the Epsom & Ewell Core Strategy 2007
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.