®Planning appeal decision
Rear of 5 Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood, KT20 6EB
for the demolition of an existing warehouse and the erection of a three-storey building comprising carports, replacement warehouse, refuse store and cycle store and entrance lobby on ground floor, 4 Nos 2 bedroom flats over, on first and second floors
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposed building on the living conditions of adjacent neighbours at 4 and 5 Waterhouse Lane with respect to outlook, daylight, sunlight and privacy and on the occupier of 6A Waterhouse Lane in regard to outlook
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of future occupiers with respect to privacy and access to external living space
What decided it
The substantial and demonstrable harm to the character and appearance of the area through the domination and visual intrusion of the proposed building into the open rear courtyard, combined with substantial harm to the living conditions of existing and future occupiers, outweighed the limited benefits of housing provision.
The benefits of housing delivery and employment during construction were limited and did not outweigh the substantive harm to character and appearance and living conditions, with the proposal conflicting with the development plan.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS4 of the Reigate and Banstead Core Strategy (2014), Policy DES1 of the Development Management Plan (2019), Policy DES5 of the Development Management Plan (2019)
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.