Planning appeal decision
Land at Ashford Road, Ashford Road, Shepperton, TW15 1TZ
Planning appeal 3331965 at Land at Ashford Road, Ashford Road, Shepperton, TW15 1TZ (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 October 2024 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
demolition of the existing buildings/ structures and redevelopment of the site with the erection of two buildings subdivided into seven units for speculative B2 general industrial, B8 storage and distribution, and E(g)(iii) light industrial purposes with ancillary offices, together with associated car parking, servicing and landscape planting
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- TW15 1TZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of Spelthorne Lane with particular regard to whether there would be an overbearing effect
What decided it
The bulk, massing and scale of the proposed buildings and acoustic barrier would be harmfully dominant and overbearing, causing significant harm to both the character and appearance of the area and the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers that outweighed the moderate employment benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- EN1aEN1b
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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