Planning appeal decision
Vincent Walk Units, Vincent Walk, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2HA
Planning appeal 3267897 at Vincent Walk Units, Vincent Walk, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2HA (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed on 24 June 2021 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed conversion would preserve the character and appearance of the Dorking Conservation Area.
full planning application for the improvement and conversion of a B1C industrial unit into 9 residential dwellings
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- RH4 2HA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed conversion would preserve the character and appearance of the Dorking Conservation Area
- Whether the proposed development would cause harmful loss of privacy to neighbouring occupiers
- Whether the proposed development would be acceptable in terms of living conditions, highway safety, contaminated land, archaeology and other material considerations
What decided it
The proposal would preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area and would not cause harmful loss of privacy to neighbouring occupiers, with conditions securing acceptable living conditions and mitigation of other material considerations.
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