®Planning appeal decision
2 The Corner House Staines Road, Laleham, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 2TE
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
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.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1 of the Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document
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.