Planning appeal decision
Nursery Cottage, Burhill, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4BE
Planning appeal 3339110 at Nursery Cottage, Burhill, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 4BE (Elmbridge Borough Council) was allowed on 9 July 2024 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and any relevant development plan policies.
Retrospective application for front porch, alteration to fenestration and chimney stacks
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Pattison B
- Postcode
- KT12 4BE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (2023) and any relevant development plan policies
What decided it
The increases in footprint (9.8%) and volume (5.2%) are modest and proportionate to the original building as built in 2020, satisfying the exception for extensions in Policy DM18 and paragraph 154(c) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM18
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 152Paragraph 154
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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