®Planning appeal decision
Glenmore, Green Street, Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, TW16 6QB
conversion of House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) to 9 residential flats involving extension and alteration to front and rear with associated parking, refuse storage and amenity space
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Berry A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A and B: the effect of the development on the living conditions of future occupiers, with particular reference to private amenity space and off-street parking
- Appeal A and B: the effect of the development on the living conditions of existing neighbouring residents, with particular reference to an intensification in on-street parking in the surrounding area
- Appeal B only: the effect of the development on the character of the area, with respect to density
What decided it
The substantial harm to the living conditions of future occupiers from inadequate private amenity space and poor internal arrangements substantially and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits, even under the tilted balance.
The moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to the living conditions of future occupiers from inadequate private amenity space and poor internal arrangements, resulting in dismissal despite the Council's inability to demonstrate five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11, 125
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy CC3, Policy HO5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.