7 Elvetham Road, Fleet, GU51 4QL

Planning appeal 3352526 at 7 Elvetham Road, Fleet, GU51 4QL (Hart District Council) was dismissed on 26 June 2025 by Inspector Wright A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of 3 Wensley Drive and 5a Elvetham Road, with particular regard to privacy and enclosure.

the demolition of the existing building (former care home) and the erection of a single block of 12 flats with associated landscaping, parking and access

Authority: Hart District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Wright A
Postcode: GU51 4QL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of 3 Wensley Drive and 5a Elvetham Road, with particular regard to privacy and enclosure
highway safety, with particular regard to parking provision

What decided it

The harmful loss of privacy to the occupants of 3 Wensley Drive caused by overlooking from the proposed building's side windows and terrace, which attracts considerable weight and is not outweighed by the limited housing delivery benefit.

The harm to living conditions through loss of privacy, which attracts considerable weight, outweighs the limited weight given to housing delivery and the neutral weight of other matters, resulting in dismissal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy NBE9 of the Hart Local Plan (Strategy and Sites) 2032saved Policy GEN1 of the Hart District Local Plan (Replacement) 1996-2006Policy 10 of the Fleet Neighbourhood Plan 2018-2032Policy INF3 of the Hart Local Plan (Strategy and Sites) 2032

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