®Planning appeal decision
White Lodge Cottage Holloway Hill, Lyne, CHERTSEY, KT16 0AE
the demolition of existing dwelling and development of seven dwellings with associated car parking, access and landscaping
- Authority
- Runnymede Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would affect the integrity of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework, and its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposed development would be in a sustainable location having particular regard to the accessibility of services and facilities, and Framework paragraphs 110 and 115
What decided it
The proposed development would have a significant adverse effect on the integrity of the Thames Basin Heaths SPA and the appellant failed to secure legally sound and effective mitigation measures through planning obligations, as required by Policy EE10 and Framework Paragraphs 187 and 193.
The benefits of housing delivery and the absence of other harms were outweighed by the significant adverse effect on the SPA integrity, which is a determinative matter that brings the development into conflict with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 154, 187, 193, 110, 115, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy EE10, Policy EE17, Policy SD7, Policy SD8, Policy EE9
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG & Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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