®Planning appeal decision
Land off Hazelwood Drive, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 6QU
‘planning application for residential development comprising 67 units with the provision of landscaping, access, parking and associated works’
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Cragg D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on Green Belt purposes
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to housing delivery and the very substantial weight attached to affordable housing delivery, combined with other lesser benefits, clearly outweighed the substantial Green Belt harm, amounting to very special circumstances.
The substantial harm from inappropriate development and loss of Green Belt openness was clearly outweighed by the substantial weight given to housing delivery, very substantial weight given to affordable housing, and further moderate/limited benefits, amounting to very special circumstances justifying the grant of permission.
Framework references: 154, 11, 56, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1, Policy EN8, Policy GB1, Policy HO3, Policy H2
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.