®Planning appeal decision
6 Burwood Park Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5LJ
Planning appeal 3278032 at 6 Burwood Park Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 5LJ (Elmbridge Borough Council) was allowed on 8 June 2022 by Inspector Simpson L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether Condition 4 is reasonable and necessary in order to protect the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers and in particular those of 4 and 8 Burwood Road, with particular regard to privacy.
Detached two-storey house with rooms in the roof space, dormer window and roof lights following demolition of existing single - storey house and detached garage without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2018/0405, dated 18 July 2018
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Simpson L
- Postcode
- KT12 5LJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether Condition 4 is reasonable and necessary in order to protect the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers and in particular those of 4 and 8 Burwood Road, with particular regard to privacy
What decided it
The Inspector determined that obscure film is a sufficient and enforceable means of protecting privacy when required to be retained, making the original condition's preclusion of film unreasonable and unnecessary.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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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