®Planning appeal decision
2 The Corner House Staines Road, Laleham, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 2TE
Planning appeal 3322916 at 2 The Corner House Staines Road, Laleham, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 2TE (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 April 2024 by Inspector Butcher H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the living conditions of future occupiers having particular regard to matters of outlook, privacy, and amenity space.
extension of existing garages and conversion of pool building to create 2no. apartments including hard and soft landscaping, car parking and new vehicular access onto Staines Road, with associated works
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher H
- Postcode
- TW18 2TE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of future occupiers having particular regard to matters of outlook, privacy, and amenity space
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
What decided it
The restricted outlook, insufficient privacy, and inadequate amenity space for future occupiers of Flat A, which the Inspector found would cause significant harm that outweighed the modest housing benefit.
The adverse impacts of harm to living conditions of future occupiers significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of creating two new dwellings to local housing supply, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii) due to the Council's inability to demonstrate five years of housing supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1 of the Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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