LAND AT ASHFORD ROAD, ASHFORD ROAD, SHEPPERTON, TW15 1TZ

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

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.

Plan policies cited: EN1a, EN1b

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