35 Park Road, Ashford, TW15 1EX

garage conversion to habitable room, part single part two storey side and rear extension, loft conversion with rear dormer and hip to gable conversion without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 25/01088/HOU, dated 13 November 2025

Authority: Spelthorne Borough Council
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: TW15 1EX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect that using the building for purposes other than a dwelling house would have on the living conditions of existing residents

What decided it

The condition was unreasonable because it sought to restrict permitted development rights without clear justification, and the Council could not have controlled a HMO use at the time the condition was imposed since it would have been permitted development.

Framework references: 57

Plan policies cited: Policy PS2, Policy H1, Policy E4, Policy ID2

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