®Planning appeal decision
The Cottage, Meadow Close, Ash Vale, ALDERSHOT, GU12 5PY
the extension and conversion of the existing detached 3 bedroom house to provide 1 No. 3 bedroom house and 2 No. 2 bedroom houses
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Redford R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether, having regard to flood risk, the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development and whether it would provide adequate finished floor levels
- The effect of the proposal on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA)
What decided it
The proposal fails to pass the sequential test for flood risk because the Sequential Test Assessment did not adequately demonstrate that no reasonably available sites exist in areas of lower flood risk.
The limited housing benefits and economic and social benefits of providing 2 additional homes were outweighed by the adverse impacts of flood risk and the need to protect priority species and habitats in accordance with the Framework.
Framework references: 162
Plan policies cited: Policy P4 of the Guildford Local Plan: Strategy and Sites, Policy P5 of the Guildford Local Plan: Strategy and Sites, LPDMP Policy P6, Policy NRM6 of the South East Plan
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.