®Planning appeal decision
Phase 1C Charter Square , High Street, Staines-Upon-Thames , Spelthorne , TW18 4BY
Planning appeal 3291661 at Phase 1C Charter Square , High Street, Staines-Upon-Thames , Spelthorne , TW18 4BY (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 March 2023 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide appropriate levels of affordable housing.
the redevelopment of the site to provide 66 new residential units (Use Class C3) with flexible commercial, business and service floorspace (Use Class E) and drinking establishment floorspace (Sui Generis) at ground floor, rooftop amenity space; landscaping and enhancements to the central public square, associated highway works, and other ancillary and enabling works
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- TW18 4BY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide appropriate levels of affordable housing
- The effects of the proposed development on the living conditions of the neighbouring residents with particular regard to daylight and sunlight and outlook
- Whether there is appropriate provision for parking for the proposed development
What decided it
The lack of certainty that the proposal would deliver appropriate affordable housing, combined with the loss of daylight and sunlight to existing residents, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the housing supply benefits under paragraph 11 d) of the Framework.
The benefits of 64 new residential units on previously developed land in a sustainable location (moderate weight) and economic benefits (moderate weight) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial weight given to the failure to secure appropriate affordable housing delivery and the harm to existing residents' living conditions through loss of daylight and sunlight.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HO3Policy EN1 b)Policy CC3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 60Paragraph 125Paragraph 130Paragraph 107Paragraph 108
- Judgments
- R (McLaren) v Woking [2021] EWHC 698
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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