®Planning appeal decision
No1 The Creek, Lower Sunbury, SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, TW16 6BY
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
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.
Framework references: 11, 119, 148, 149, 150, 162, 167
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1, Policy EN1, Policy EN2, Policy EN9, Policy LO1
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.