®Planning appeal decision
Land at 30 Winern Glebe, Byfleet, WEST BYFLEET, Surrey, KT14 7LT
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones R
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.
Framework references: 130
Plan policies cited: Woking Core Strategy Policy CS21, Woking Core Strategy Policy CS24, Woking Core Strategy Policy CS8, Development Management Policy DM9, Development Management Policy DM10, Development Management Policy DM11, West Byfleet Neighbourhood Plan Policy BE2, South East Plan saved Policy NRM6
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.