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Allowed17 December 20253374121

Glassworks 2, Dorking Business Park , Chalkpit Lane, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1HL

Planning appeal 3374121 at Glassworks 2, Dorking Business Park , Chalkpit Lane, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1HL (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed on 17 December 2025 by Inspector Goldberg V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Class MA of the GPDO, with regard to whether the proposal would satisfy condition MA.2(2)(f) relating to the provision of adequate natural light to all habitable rooms.

the change of use of Class E space to form 39 apartments

Authority
Mole Valley District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Goldberg V
Postcode
RH4 1HL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be permitted development under Class MA of the GPDO, with regard to whether the proposal would satisfy condition MA.2(2)(f) relating to the provision of adequate natural light to all habitable rooms

What decided it

The daylight assessment demonstrating that daylight levels to all rooms within the proposed flats exceed BRE guidance recommendations, combined with the open atrium design providing natural light to the affected habitable rooms, satisfied the requirement for adequate natural light under MA.2(2)(f).

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