®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of 85, Queens Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9UQ
change of use of existing commercial building to 2 residential units
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hickey A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupiers
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of the host dwellings and neighbouring properties, with particular regard to demand for on-street parking
- whether the proposal should be liable for a contribution towards affordable housing
- whether or not the proposed development would provide adequate cycle parking
- whether or not the proposed development would provide adequate waste and recycling facilities
What decided it
The proposal would fail to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers regarding outlook and private outdoor amenity space, and would harm neighbouring living conditions through increased on-street parking stress in an already constrained area.
The modest social and economic benefits of creating two dwellings and supporting local services did not outweigh the identified harms to living conditions of future occupiers and neighbours regarding outlook, amenity space, and parking stress.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM10, Policy DM7, Policy CS21, Policy DM8
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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.