®Planning appeal decision
23A Liphook Road, Haslemere, GU27 1NL
‘change of use of the site to C3 (residential) and associated alterations to form a one-bedroom dwelling’
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Coles C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of 23 Liphook Road with particular regard to outlook within their external amenity space
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for its occupants with regard to outlook, daylight, sunlight and outdoor amenity space
- whether the proposal makes adequate provision for car parking and on-site cycle parking
What decided it
The adverse impacts of material harm to character and appearance, neighbouring amenity, future occupant living conditions, and inadequate parking provision would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of housing delivery in circumstances of housing land supply shortfall.
The material harms to character and appearance, neighbouring amenity, future occupant living conditions, and parking provision would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest social and economic benefits of delivering a small dwelling, even in circumstances where the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework is engaged due to housing land supply shortfall.
Framework references: 135, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy TD1 of Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites (2018), Policy H2 of Haslemere Neighbourhood Plan (2021), Policy DM1 of Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies (March 2023), Policy DM4 of Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies (March 2023), Policy DM5 of Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies (March 2023), Policy ST1 of Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites (2018)
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.