®Planning appeal decision
10 Squires Road, Surrey , SHEPPERTON, TW17 0LQ
replacement of single dwelling with three dwellings
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Price A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would comply with local and national planning policy, which seek to steer new development away from the areas at the highest risk of flooding
What decided it
The appellant failed to demonstrate that the Sequential Test had been satisfied by providing evidence of the search area, methodology, and specific sites assessed, such that the Inspector could not be satisfied that no other available sites with lower flood risk existed.
The absence of a five-year housing land supply and the benefits of residential development on a previously developed site were outweighed by the clear reason for refusal provided by the Framework's protective policies for areas at risk of flooding, which engaged paragraph 11(d) and displaced the presumption in favour of sustainable development
Framework references: 11, 159, 162
Plan policies cited: Policy LO1 of the Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (CS, 2009)
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