Land Rear of 85, Queens Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9UQ

change of use of existing commercial building to 2 residential units with bin and cycle stores

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 waste and recycling facilities

What decided it

The proposal would conflict with the development plan taken as a whole due to failures on living conditions for future occupiers, parking provision, and affordable housing contribution.

The modest social and economic benefits of creating two dwellings did not outweigh the identified harms to living conditions 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)

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