®Planning appeal decision
The Red House, 43 Skinners Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2NN
Planning appeal 3304603 at The Red House, 43 Skinners Lane, Ashtead, KT21 2NN (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed on 19 April 2023 by Inspector Thomas M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and the area.
the demolition of 2 existing dwellings and the extension and alteration of a care home. S
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thomas M
- Postcode
- KT21 2NN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and the area
- The effect on the living conditions of occupants of Tarqua with particular regard to outlook and the occupants of 4 The Mead with particular regard to privacy
- The effect on the living conditions of future residents in rooms on the first floor south-east elevation with regard to outlook and oppressiveness
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance, and the significant benefits of providing 24 additional care bedspaces for older people, combined with the acceptable design and mitigation of neighbour impacts through conditions, decisively outweighed any adverse effects.
The benefits of 24 additional bedspaces for older people, freeing up standard housing to the wider market, economic benefits through employment and investment, and the previously-developed location within a built-up settlement significantly and demonstrably outweighed any adverse impacts when assessed against the National Planning Policy Framework as a whole under the tilted balance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS14 of the Mole Valley Core Strategy (adopted October 2009)Policy CF2 of the Mole Valley Local Plan (adopted October 2000)Policy ENV22 of the Mole Valley Local Plan (adopted October 2000)Policy ENV23 of the Mole Valley Local Plan (adopted October 2000)Policy ENV24 of the Mole Valley Local Plan (adopted October 2000)Policy AS-H5 of the Ashtead Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2026Policy AS-En3 of the Ashtead Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2026Policy AS-Inf1 of the Ashtead Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015-2026
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.