4 Yew Tree Cottage, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AL

Planning appeal 3285430 at 4 Yew Tree Cottage, Portsmouth Road, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9AL (Elmbridge Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 August 2022 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy.

a single storey rear and side extension and first floor rear extension

Authority: Elmbridge Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Courtney T
Postcode: KT10 9AL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy
The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on protected species
If the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The disproportionate scale of the extensions, which would increase volume by 33% and floor area by 54%, combined with material harm to Green Belt openness and failure to demonstrate protection of protected species, could not be justified by very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM18Policy CS15Policy DM21
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 149

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