Planning appeal decision
8-14 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9JL
Planning appeal 3343242 at 8-14 Oatlands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9JL (Elmbridge Borough Council) was allowed on 25 October 2024 by Inspector Lancaster K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of varying the condition on the character and appearance of the area.
a redevelopment scheme to provide 51 apartments split between four 2½-storey blocks with additional lower ground level parking, plant, storage and accommodation comprising 19 x 1-bed flats, 27 x 2-bed flats and 5 x 3-bed flats with 53 associated parking spaces, bin and bicycle storage, additional landscaping and new vehicular access following demolition of the existing 4 detached properties without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2020/3223, dated 16 June 2021
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
- Postcode
- KT13 9JL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of varying the condition on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The limited visibility of the lift overruns and smoke shafts from public viewpoints, combined with their design integration and positioning on the buildings, means they do not cause adverse harm to the character and appearance of the area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS17 of the Elmbridge Local Plan Core Strategy, adopted 2011Policy DM2 of the Elmbridge Local Plan Development Management Plan, adopted 2015
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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