14 Eaton Park Road, COBHAM, KT11 2JH

detached two-storey house with rooms in the roof space and dormer windows, basement, internal swimming pool, integral garage, rear terrace and landscaping following the demolition of existing building without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref 2018/0572, dated 1 August 2018

Authority: Elmbridge Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Hobbs J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the disputed conditions are reasonable and necessary in the interest of protecting the living conditions of the occupants of No. 12 and No. 16

What decided it

The wrought iron balustrades create unacceptable overlooking opportunities into neighbouring properties that are materially more harmful than the approved obscure glazed screening, and the reliance on boundary vegetation to mitigate this harm is not sufficiently robust.

Framework references: 130

Plan policies cited: Policy DM2

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