®Planning appeal decision
405 Kingston Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 0BT
- Authority
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pattison B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal provides a satisfactory standard of accommodation for residential occupiers, with particular regard to its internal space
- whether the loss of the employment use has been adequately justified, having regard to local and national planning policy
What decided it
The proposal would provide unacceptably poor living conditions due to a significant shortfall in internal floorspace against the Nationally Described Space Standards, combined with the unjustified loss of employment use without adequate marketing evidence.
The benefits of housing delivery and the shortfall in five-year housing land supply were outweighed by the significant harm to future occupiers' living conditions and the loss of employment floorspace without adequate justification.
Framework references: 11, 8
Plan policies cited: Policy DM12, Policy DM10, Policy DM24
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.