®Planning appeal decision
West Park, West Drive, Virginia Water, GU25 4NE
Planning appeal 3277324 at West Park, West Drive, Virginia Water, GU25 4NE (Runnymede Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 December 2021 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework.
a new mansard level over the existing garage, with lead dormer windows and white painted sash windows, to provide additional storage areas
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- GU25 4NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
- its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The disproportionate scale of the extension, approaching double the floorspace and more than half as much in height, constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that cannot be justified by very special circumstances.
The substantial harm from inappropriateness and loss of openness to the Green Belt was not clearly outweighed by other considerations including design quality, absence of visual harm and private domestic benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EE14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 137Paragraph 138
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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