®Planning appeal decision
90 Leatherhead Road, Chessington, Kingston Upon Thames, KT9 2HY
Planning appeal 3333474 at 90 Leatherhead Road, Chessington, Kingston Upon Thames, KT9 2HY (Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames) was dismissed on 2 May 2024 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupiers of Flat 2 with regard to the size and useability of private outside amenity space.
construction of two storey building to comprise two 1-bedroom dwelling units
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- KT9 2HY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupiers of Flat 2 with regard to the size and useability of private outside amenity space
- whether it would displace car parking serving the commercial unit at No.90 Leatherhead Road and, if it would, its effect on highway safety
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to living conditions for the future occupiers of Flat 2 due to inadequate and poorly configured private outside amenity space, which substantially outweighs the modest housing delivery benefits despite the local housing shortfall.
The modest benefits of delivering two homes and making efficient use of a windfall site were substantially outweighed by the unacceptable harm to living conditions for future occupiers of Flat 2, such that the adverse impact significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against NPPF policies as a whole, displacing the tilted balance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D6(F9) of the London Plan, March 2021Policy Guidance 13 of the Council's Residential Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document, July 2013Policy DM10(h) of the Council's Core Strategy, April 2012CS Policies DM9 and DM10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 12
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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