®Planning appeal decision
3 Meadway, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9HG
Planning appeal 3304838 at 3 Meadway, Esher, Surrey, KT10 9HG (Elmbridge Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 July 2023 by Inspector Howell M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and any relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the raising of the roof and altering of its pitch to form a mansard style roof, the erection of a two-storey rear extension with a flat roofed dormer, a first floor side extension (west), a single storey side extension with roof accommodation and balcony (east) as well as external block cladding and rendering of the property
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Howell M
- Postcode
- KT10 9HG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The cumulative effect of the extensions, particularly the raised mansard roof with increased eaves height combined with two-storey extensions, amounts to disproportionate additions to the original building that cause substantial harm to Green Belt openness which is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS7Policy CS17Policy DM2Policy DM18
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 133Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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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