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Dismissed10 November 20223275803

Esher Place, 30 Esher Place Avenue, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8PZ

Planning appeal 3275803 at Esher Place, 30 Esher Place Avenue, Esher, Surrey, KT10 8PZ (Elmbridge Borough Council) was dismissed on 10 November 2022 by Inspector Whelan P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve the grade II listed building Esher Place, 30 Esher Place Avenue, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses.

a contemporary extension to the main house to accommodate 8 x 2-bed flats

Authority
Elmbridge Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Whelan P
Postcode
KT10 8PZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would preserve the grade II listed building Esher Place, 30 Esher Place Avenue, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
  • The effect of the proposal on the setting of the listed building
  • whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the daylight within and the outlook from flats 1, 3, 4, and 6
  • Whether the proposal should make a financial contribution to affordable housing

What decided it

The very considerable harm to the significance and setting of the grade II listed building outweighed the public benefits of the proposal.

the public benefits of the proposal, including housing delivery (significant weight) and economic benefits (moderate weight), did not outweigh the less than substantial (but very considerable) harm to the significance and setting of the listed building, to which considerable importance and weight, and great weight per the Framework, were given

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DM2DM12DM4DM10CS11CS17CS21
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 206

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