New dwelling at Land West Of 1 Oatlands Close, Weybridge
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Elmbridge South Area Planning Sub-Committee on 15 Jan 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
A new dwelling
The application concerned a proposed dwelling with an amenity area that officers confirmed exceeded the minimum required by the design code.
“As part of her introduction, the Planning Officer explained that a correction needed to be made in respect of Paragraph 51 of the Officer’s report. The amenity area for the proposed dwelling had been referred to as being 256 m 2 when it should have been 154.75 m 2 . Notwithstanding this amendment to the report, the proposed amenity space continued to exceed the minimum required by the Design Code Supplementary Planning Document…”
“These Minutes should be referred to in conjunction with the Minutes of the subsequent meeting of the Council, where they are presented; and for completeness to the next relevant meeting when the Minutes are adopted.”
Minutes
A further late objection
An additional late letter of objection had been received on the application.
“An additional late letter of objection had been received.”
Minutes
An objector and the agent spoke
An objector and the agent addressed the sub-committee on the application.
Permitted with a condition removed
The application was permitted with the conditions and informatives in the agenda, subject to deletion of the condition included in error.
“Permit with the conditions and informatives as outlined in the agenda subject to the deletion of Condition 7.”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Andrew BurleyChairConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Alistair MannVice-ChairConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Harrison Allman-VartyReform UKFor(no vote against recorded)
- Hilary ButlerConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Peter HarmanIndependentFor(no vote against recorded)
- Helgi JoensenLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- Katerina LuskConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
- Ashley TillingLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- Laurence WellsLib DemFor(no vote against recorded)
- Corinne SterrySubstituteConservativeFor(no vote against recorded)
The minutes record this decision with no vote against, so each member present for this item is shown as voting for it.
Apologies Alan Charles Parker Conservative
Source: Plota analysis of the council's record of attendance; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Elmbridge South Area Planning Sub-Committee minutes, 15 January 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Elmbridge's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Thursday 15 January 2026
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- Approved
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