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Dismissed17 August 20233314671

Land Adjoining 56 - 58 Brighton Road, Hooley, Surrey, CR5 3EE

Planning appeal 3314671 at Land Adjoining 56 - 58 Brighton Road, Hooley, Surrey, CR5 3EE (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 August 2023 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on trees surrounding the site.

describes as residential dwelling on the land adjoining 56 - 58 Brighton Road. Hooley. CR5 3EE following planning refusal 22/00382/F

Authority
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Pattison B
Postcode
CR5 3EE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on trees surrounding the site
  • The effect of the proposal on highway safety and the operation of the strategic road network with particular regard to the location of the vehicular access across a lay-by

What decided it

The combination of unmitigated harm to trees and the harmful effect of the lay-by access on highway safety and the operation of the strategic road network rendered the proposal unacceptable.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy NHE3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 110Paragraph 111

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