Planning appeal decision
4 Aymer Close, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 3NL
Planning appeal 3324289 at 4 Aymer Close, Staines-Upon-Thames, TW18 3NL (Runnymede Borough Council) was allowed on 14 March 2024 by Inspector Davies H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and relevant Local Plan policies.
Erection of a three bay garage
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Davies H
- Postcode
- TW18 3NL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and relevant Local Plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The fallback position of a permitted alternative garage located further into the Green Belt would be significantly more harmful to openness than the appeal garage, and in the particular circumstances of this site, the Green Belt aims are better served by the garage subject to the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EE14Policy EE17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154
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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