®Planning appeal decision
The Beeches, Wych Hill Lane, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0AH
Planning appeal 3350364 at The Beeches, Wych Hill Lane, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0AH (Woking Borough Council) was dismissed on 18 February 2025 by Inspector Evans L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbours, with particular regard to overlooking and loss of privacy.
a two storey rear infill extension and part first floor rear extension to provide 1 No. additional two storey, three bedroom flat, as well as alterations to the roof and the addition of rooflights; all together with all other minor internal alterations
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Evans L
- Postcode
- GU22 0AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbours, with particular regard to overlooking and loss of privacy
- Whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to the provision of amenity space
- The effect of the proposal on flood risk
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to neighbouring living conditions through overlooking and loss of privacy, combined with inadequate amenity space for future occupiers, unresolved flood risk concerns, and lack of secured mitigation for the Thames Basin Heaths SPA, collectively outweighed the benefit of one additional residential unit.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS21Policy CS9Policy CS8Policy CS17Saved Policy NRM6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135Paragraph 170Paragraph 173
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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