®Planning appeal decision
13 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3JT
Planning appeal 3269488 at 13 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 3JT (Guildford Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 August 2021 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Waterden Road Conservation Area (WRCA).
the erection of a two-storey extension and three storey addition to the existing building to form a one-bedroom flat and an additional bedsit with reconfiguration of existing two-bedroom flat to form a one-bedroom flat, following the demolition of the existing rear single storey extension. The existing ground floor commercial use is to be reduced in size and changed from A3 to A1/A2 use
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Plenty B
- Postcode
- GU1 3JT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Waterden Road Conservation Area (WRCA)
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of 15 Epsom Road (No 15), with particular regard to daylight, sunlight and outlook
- Whether the proposal would affect the integrity of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (TBHSPA)
What decided it
The substantial and disproportionate mass of the proposed extension would harm the character and appearance of the conservation area and significantly harm the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with insufficient public benefits to outweigh these harms.
The limited benefits of two dwellings and some local employment were insufficient to outweigh the less than substantial harm to the conservation area and significant harm to neighbouring living conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H4Policy HE7Policy G5Policy G1(3)Policy D1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202
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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