®Planning appeal decision
Abbey Cloisters Abbey Green, CHERTSEY, KT16 8RB
change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to form 19 residential units (Use Class C3)
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Conde L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the proposal is suitable having regard to flooding risks in relation to the building (MA.2(2)(c))
What decided it
The identified flood evacuation route (Staines Road Route) was found to be unsuitable and impractical for vulnerable occupants in a flood event, particularly due to the requirement to cross the A320 dual carriageway without footway provision and the convoluted nature of the route, meaning the proposal does not satisfy the GPDO Class MA condition regarding suitability having regard to flooding risks.
Plan policies cited: Policy EE13 of the Runnymede Borough Local Plan 2030
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin); Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982]
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