®Planning appeal decision
23 Tolworth Park Road, Tolworth, Surrey, KT9 1RH
the change of use from shop/retail to residential use (Use Class C3). Alteration of front elevation with associated cycle store and bin store
- Authority
- Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Rafferty C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the availability of commercial/employment floorspace
- the living conditions of future occupiers with regard to amenity space provision
What decided it
The adverse impacts of granting permission—loss of employment land without adequate evidence of no need, and significant harm to future occupiers' living conditions through inadequate amenity space—would not be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited housing benefit of a single dwelling, such that the proposal cannot benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
the adverse impacts of loss of employment land (significant weight) and harm to living conditions through inadequate amenity space (significant weight) were not outweighed by the limited benefit of housing provision (limited weight), such that the tilted balance did not favour the proposal
Plan policies cited: Policy DM17, Policy DM19, Policy DM10, Policy E1, Policy E2, Policy E9, Policy D6, Policy Guidance 13
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.