®Planning appeal decision
16-18 Southview Road, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9JE
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 71, 124, 126, 130, 174, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy DP7, Policy DP8, Policy CSP18, Policy CSP17, Policy DP19
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
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.