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Land at 30 Winern Glebe, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7LT
Planning appeal 3265368 at Land at 30 Winern Glebe, Byfleet, West Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7LT (Woking Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 25 October 2022 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: the effect of the alleged development on the character and appearance of the area; whether the alleged development would provide acceptable living conditions for occupants with particular regard to the provision of external living space; and the effect of the alleged development on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
Material change of use of garage to separate self-contained residential unit (Appeal A dismissed); removal of condition 3 to permit use of garage as residential annexe ancillary to main dwelling (Appeal B allowed)
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones R
- Postcode
- KT14 7LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: the effect of the alleged development on the character and appearance of the area; whether the alleged development would provide acceptable living conditions for occupants with particular regard to the provision of external living space; and the effect of the alleged development on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
- Appeal B: the nature of the accommodation and the acceptability of its relationship with the main dwellinghouse; the effect of removing Condition 3 on the character and appearance of the area, the living conditions of occupants, and the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
What decided it
The critical distinction between the two appeals was whether the garage would be used as a separate self-contained dwelling (Appeal A, dismissed) or as an ancillary annexe forming part of the main planning unit (Appeal B, allowed), with the latter being acceptable subject to a restrictive condition preventing independent occupation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Woking Core Strategy Policy CS21Woking Core Strategy Policy CS24Woking Core Strategy Policy CS8Development Management Policy DM9Development Management Policy DM10Development Management Policy DM11West Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan Policy BE2South East Plan saved Policy NRM6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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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