Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed15 May 20266004394

25 Flat 8, Hook Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT6 5AA

Planning appeal 6004394 at 25 Flat 8, Hook Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT6 5AA (Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames) was dismissed on 15 May 2026 by Inspector Down K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the supply of housing in the area.

a change of use of Flat 8 from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to short term holiday accommodation (exceeding 90 days per calendar year) (Use Class C1)

Authority
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector
Down K
Postcode
KT6 5AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the supply of housing in the area

What decided it

The existing flat makes a small but positive contribution to the Council's housing supply in an area of demonstrable housing need and insufficient five-year supply, and this contribution carries greater weight than the provision of additional visitor accommodation.

The provision of long-term secure housing accommodation to meet demonstrable housing need outweighed the benefits of additional visitor infrastructure provision

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy E10 of the London Plan 2021Policy CS11 of the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Core Strategy 2012CS Policy DM14LP Policy H1CS Policy CS10

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

293 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Dismissed3 August 20266007703
    Town End Pier, 68 High Street, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 1HN
  2. Planning permission granted10 September 20253342804
    Barwell Court Stables (Aka Kingston Riding Centre), Barwell Lane, Chessington, KT9 2LZ
  3. Allowed23 October 20266014767
    13 Hawks Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 3DS
  4. Dismissed16 October 20266005462
    150 Ewell Road, Surbiton, KT6 6HE
  5. Dismissed8 October 20266014049
    69 Sheephouse Way, New Malden, KT3 5PF

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.