®Planning appeal decision
The Beeches, Wych Hill Lane, Woking, Surrey, GU22 0AH
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
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.
Framework references: 135, 170, 173
Plan policies cited: Policy CS21, Policy CS9, Policy CS8, Policy CS17, Saved Policy NRM6
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.