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Land Adjacent To 86- 100 Chilberton Drive, Merstham , Surrey, RH1 3HP
Planning appeal 3267307 at Land Adjacent To 86- 100 Chilberton Drive, Merstham , Surrey, RH1 3HP (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2021 by Inspector MacLeod R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the acceptability of the reduction in open space with respect to current development plan policies.
erection of 2 x semi-detached 3 bedroom houses and associated driveways and private gardens; provision of public open space, repositioning of driveway, replacement car parking and associated landscaping and other works
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- MacLeod R
- Postcode
- RH1 3HP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the acceptability of the reduction in open space with respect to current development plan policies
- the effect of the revised parking arrangements on parking stress
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area with respect to the siting, design and layout of the houses and landscaping of the wider site
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance from the siting of the houses and extensive loss of mature trees, combined with additional on-street parking stress, outweighed the modest benefit of two new homes.
the benefit of two adequately sized homes in a sustainable location was outweighed by harm to character and appearance from siting and tree loss and by additional on-street parking stress
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy OSR1Policy OSR2Policy CS12Policy CS1Policy CS10Policy DES1Policy TAP1Annexe 4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 117Paragraph 127
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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