®Planning appeal decision
Swan Court Watermans Business Park, Kingsbury Crescent, STAINES-UPON-THAMES, TW18 3BA
the change of use of upper floors to form 16 dwellings. Prior approval application for Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to form 16 residential units (Use Class C3) under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Goldberg V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Class MA of the GPDO 2015, with regard to whether the proposal would satisfy condition MA.2(2)(c) relating to flooding risks in relation to the building
What decided it
The proposed evacuation route does not meet the required safety standards for flood evacuation, as it contains multiple points where flood water depth would exceed the acceptable threshold and hazard classifications would be unsafe for occupants.
Framework references: 181
Plan policies cited: Policy EE13 of the Runnymede 2030 Local Plan
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