®Planning appeal decision
10 Squires Road, Surrey , Shepperton, TW17 0LQ
Planning appeal 3314395 at 10 Squires Road, Surrey , Shepperton, TW17 0LQ (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 November 2023 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- TW17 0LQ
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LO1 of the Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document (CS, 2009)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 159Paragraph 162
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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