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Notice varied and upheld28 August 20243326778

20 Wey Meadows, Addlestone, Weybridge, KT13 8XY

Planning appeal 3326778 at 20 Wey Meadows, Addlestone, Weybridge, KT13 8XY (Runnymede Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 28 August 2024 by Inspector King T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether it constitutes 'inappropriate development' within the Green Belt and, if so, the effect on its openness.

Without planning permission, the erection of a new dwelling

Authority
Runnymede Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
King T
Postcode
KT13 8XY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether it constitutes 'inappropriate development' within the Green Belt and, if so, the effect on its openness
  • if it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and by reason of any other identified 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 unresolved flood risk arising from the absence of a site-specific flood risk assessment outweighed the limited Green Belt openness harm, meaning very special circumstances were not made out.

the limited harm to Green Belt openness was outweighed by the unresolved flood risk, such that very special circumstances to justify the inappropriate development were not demonstrated

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EE17Policy EE18Policy EE19Policy EE13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 154Paragraph 153
Judgments
R (Timmins) v Gedling BC [2015] EWCA Civ 10; John Turner v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government; Samuel Smith Old Brewery and others v North Yorkshire CC

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