®Planning appeal decision
Former Weylands Treatment Works, Lyon Road, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3PB
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Woolcock J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The appellant and EBC consider the main issues to be planning conditions and obligations necessary to address reasons for refusal 2 and 3
What decided it
The proposal's compliance with the Golden Rules as grey belt land, combined with substantial affordable housing and other benefits, outweighed the limited traffic harm identified, tipping the planning balance in favour of allowing the appeal.
Significant weight for compliance with the Golden Rules, substantial weight for 100% affordable housing provision, and significant weight for employment/economic, waste management and landscape benefits outweighed the limited harm from increased traffic congestion, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 116, 117, 155, 156, 157, 158, 201
Plan policies cited: EDMP Policy DM17, SWLP Policy 9, ECS Policy CS25, EDMP Policy DM7, SWLP Policy 15, SWLP Policy 7, SWLP Policy 1, SWLP Policy 2, SWLP Policy 10, SWLP Policy 11a, EDMP Policy DM10, ECS Policy CS2, ECS Policy CS21, ECS Policy CS14, ECS Policy CS12, EDMP Policy DM6, EDMP Policy DM11, EDMP Policy DM5, ECS Policy CS15, EDMP Policy DM21, SWLP Policy 14, EDMP Policy DM12, SWLP Policy 4, EDMP Policy DM8, EDMP Policy DM2, SWLP Policy 13, ECS Policy CS17, ECS Policy CS1
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.