Planning appeal decision
31 Mill Lane, Dorking, RH4 1DX
Planning appeal 3347981 at 31 Mill Lane, Dorking, RH4 1DX (Mole Valley District Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2024 by Inspector Bromley N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying the disputed condition would have on highway and pedestrian safety.
Basement extension with courtyard and new boundary wall without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref MO/2019/0239/PLAH, dated 7 February 2019
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bromley N
- Postcode
- RH4 1DX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying the disputed condition would have on highway and pedestrian safety
What decided it
The lack of adequate space and visibility at the access point would create an unacceptable highway safety risk through the need to reverse vehicles onto a narrow town centre road with reasonable pedestrian and vehicle movements.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Mole Valley Core Strategy policy CS14Mole Valley Local Plan policy ENV22Mole Valley Local Plan 2020-2039 Policies INF1Mole Valley Local Plan 2020-2039 Policies INF2
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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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.
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