®Planning appeal decision
Wayneflete Estate, More Lane, ESHER, Surrey, KT10 8AR
demolition of the existing detached two-storey dwelling house and associated single-storey residential outbuilding, and their replacement with a detached two-storey dwelling house with a basement, a detached single-storey garage/store with basement and swimming pool, an underground walkway link between the two buildings, together with associated hard and soft landscaping
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Miles H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2023 and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The material increase in volume above 10% renders the development inappropriate in the Green Belt, and the existence of a less harmful fallback scheme means the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy DM17, Policy DM18
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