®Planning appeal decision
5 Trentham Road, Redhill, rh1 6jb
a 2-storey detached dwelling with 3 bedrooms. New cross over to off- street parking
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- RH1 6JB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be appropriately located, with particular regard to the flood zone location of the appeal site and the safety of intended occupiers
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the sequential test had been passed, combined with the inability to show that flood risk would avoid compromising the safety of intended occupiers in an extreme flood event, outweighed the limited housing and economic benefits of the single dwelling.
The limited housing, economic and environmental benefits of a single dwelling were outweighed by the significant harm arising from the failure to pass the sequential test and the unmitigated risk to occupier safety in an extreme flood scenario.
Framework references: 11, 78, 181
Plan policies cited: Policy CCF2 of the Reigate & Banstead Local Plan Development Management Plan (2019), Policy CS10 of the Reigate and Banstead Core Strategy (2014), Policy CS13 of the Core Strategy
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.