®Planning appeal decision
13 Sidney Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey , KT12 2NA
Planning appeal 3278721 at 13 Sidney Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey , KT12 2NA (Elmbridge Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 February 2022 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing.
a new two storey 2-bed 3-person dwelling house
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Blackwell J
- Postcode
- KT12 2NA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for affordable housing
What decided it
The appellant's failure to secure the required affordable housing financial contribution by signed planning obligation, combined with the acute and substantial need for affordable housing in Elmbridge and evidence that small sites can viably contribute, meant the harm from non-provision significantly and demonstrably outweighed the minor housing benefit.
The harm arising from the development's failure to make adequate provision for affordable housing significantly and demonstrably outweighed the minor contribution to housing stock, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS21Development Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (July 2020)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 64Paragraph 219Paragraph 11
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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