Planning appeal decision
Wychwood, Church Road, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6BT
Planning appeal 3276925 at Wychwood, Church Road, Windlesham, Surrey, GU20 6BT (Surrey Heath Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 December 2021 by Inspector Greenwood L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the house and the local area.
a side and rear partial single and two storey extension, a rear balcony with privacy screens, a flat rooflight on the single storey, 4 rooflights in the pitched roof, a lean to porch over a relocated new entrance and a garage door
- Authority
- Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Greenwood L
- Postcode
- GU20 6BT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the house and the local area
- living conditions at the neighbouring property Christmas Cottage in terms of overshadowing or loss of natural light
What decided it
The excessive depth of the 2 storey extension, which would create a prominent non-subservient structure out of scale with the existing house and neighbouring properties, causing harm to local character and appearance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM9 of the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies 2011-2028Policy 2.1 of the Windlesham Neighbourhood Plan 2018-2028Policy 2.2 of the Windlesham Neighbourhood Plan 2018-2028Policy 3.1 of the Windlesham Neighbourhood Plan 2018-2028
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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