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Dismissed22 October 20213265603

16-18 Southview Road, Warlingham, CR6 9JE

Planning appeal 3265603 at 16-18 Southview Road, Warlingham, CR6 9JE (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 22 October 2021 by Inspector Ayres J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area having regard to protected trees.

demolition of existing houses, nos. 16 & 18 Southview Road and the erection of two blocks of 14 units comprising 7x3 beds and 7x2 beds with shared under croft car park and street entry level to accommodate 21 spaces with an additional 3 off-street parking and extra 4 spaces within property boundary

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Ayres J
Postcode
CR6 9JE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area having regard to protected trees
  • whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupiers
  • the effect of the proposal on ecology

What decided it

The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the scale and mass of the development dominating the leafy, sylvan street scene, combined with inadequate living conditions for future occupiers and unresolved ecology concerns, substantially and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing delivery benefits.

The benefits of housing delivery and social and economic benefits of the scheme were outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance, failure to provide adequate living conditions, and ecology concerns; the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP7Policy DP8Policy CSP18Policy CSP17Policy DP19
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 71Paragraph 124Paragraph 126Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 180
Judgments
Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]

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