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Dismissed3 May 20223268858

No1 The Creek, Lower Sunbury, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6BY

Planning appeal 3268858 at No1 The Creek, Lower Sunbury, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6BY (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 May 2022 by Inspector Davies B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on openness and the purpose of the Green Belt.

the replacement of existing 1920s single storey dwelling with new single storey 4 bed dwelling on amended footprint

Authority
Spelthorne Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Davies B
Postcode
TW16 6BY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including its effect on openness and the purpose of the Green Belt
  • whether or not the proposal would comply with planning policy that seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding
  • the effect of the proposal on flood risk
  • the effect on character and appearance of the area and river setting
  • if the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify development

What decided it

The development as a whole amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt due to the garage and extensive engineering operations harming openness, combined with unresolved flood risk policy conflicts and harm to the river setting, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GB1Policy EN1Policy EN2Policy EN9Policy LO1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 119Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 162Paragraph 167

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