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Sunbury Cross Ex Services Association Club Ltd, Crossways Staines Road West, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 7BG
Planning appeal 3285212 at Sunbury Cross Ex Services Association Club Ltd, Crossways Staines Road West, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 7BG (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 November 2022 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
the demolition of the former Sunbury Ex-Servicemen's Association Club and redevelopment by three residential buildings of 4-storey, 6-storey and 9-storey comprising 69 flats with associated car-parking, cycle storage, landscaping and incidental works
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Glassar S
- Postcode
- TW16 7BG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of future occupiers, with particular regard to outlook and quality of environment
- provision of car parking
What decided it
The cumulative adverse impacts on character and appearance, living conditions, and parking provision significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of additional housing supply when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The moderate benefits of 22 additional housing units and economic benefits during construction were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the wide-ranging and long-lasting harms to character and appearance, failure to provide adequate living conditions for all occupants, insufficient parking provision, and absence of a policy-compliant affordable housing scheme.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1Policy CC3Policy CO3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 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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