Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed10 May 20243334209

4 Coleridge Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3RQ

Planning appeal 3334209 at 4 Coleridge Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3RQ (London Borough of Sutton) was dismissed on 10 May 2024 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

the construction of one detached 105 sqm two-storey, three bedroom dwelling

Authority
London Borough of Sutton
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Buchanan R
Postcode
SM1 3RQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • the living conditions of future occupiers of the dwelling having regard to external amenity space

What decided it

The material harm to character and appearance caused by the scale and massing of the house on an overly constrained plot, combined with inadequate external amenity space for future occupiers, outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery.

the modest benefits of housing delivery and meeting identified need for three-bedroom houses were outweighed by the substantial harm to character and appearance and living conditions of future occupiers

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 13Policy 28Policy 9Policy D1Policy D4Policy D8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

319 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in London Borough of Sutton

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Dismissed19 October 20266002198
    103 Marlow Drive, North Cheam, SM3 9BD
  2. Allowed15 October 20266009820
    Grass Verge of Sparrow Farm Road, London, KT17 2DF
  3. Dismissed27 August 20266005269
    85 Priory Road, North Cheam, SM3 8LY
  4. Dismissed7 August 20266008124
    3 Carshalton Grove, Sutton, SM1 4LY
  5. Dismissed27 July 20266006764
    136 Grove Road, Sutton, Sutton, SM1 2DF

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.