Planning appeal decision
Abbey Business Park, Monks Walk, Farnham, GU9 8HT
Planning appeal 3292739 at Abbey Business Park, Monks Walk, Farnham, GU9 8HT (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 February 2023 by Inspector Sutton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal provides adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses.
conversion of office building to 13 residential (C3) units
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Sutton A
- Postcode
- GU9 8HT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal provides adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses
What decided it
The proposal would not provide adequate natural light in all habitable rooms of the dwellinghouses, particularly bedrooms in the single-storey section and ground-floor living rooms behind the existing roller shutters, contrary to Condition O.2.(1)(e) of Class O of the GPDO.
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