Planning appeal decision
Subud Community Hall, Allingham Road, Reigate, RH2 8HX
Planning appeal 3288783 at Subud Community Hall, Allingham Road, Reigate, RH2 8HX (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 December 2022 by Inspector Szymanski D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal upon a non-designated heritage asset.
Use of site for two residential dwellings
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Szymanski D
- Postcode
- RH2 8HX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal upon a non-designated heritage asset
- whether or not the proposal is compliant with planning policies for the loss of community facilities
What decided it
The loss of a non-designated heritage asset of medium significance and value, which attracts moderate weight against the scheme and outweighs the limited benefits of the development.
the moderate weight against the scheme from the loss of a medium-significance non-designated heritage asset outweighed the limited benefits of the development, policy compliance and the fall-back position
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy NHE9 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan (2019)Policy CS4 of the Reigate and Banstead Core Strategy (2014)Policy CS12 of the Reigate and Banstead Core Strategy (2014)Policy INF2 of the Reigate and Banstead Development Management Plan (2019)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 203Paragraph 93Paragraph 189
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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