# Malthouse Mews, Brew House Lane, Hartley Wintney

- **Decision:** dismissed, 3 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: E Pickernell
- **Authority:** Hart (South East)
- **Appeal reference:** 6004528
- **Application reference:** 25/01106/AMCON
- **Procedure:** written-representations
- **Development:** s73 removal of condition requiring a private refuse collection strategy for 8 dwellings
- **Homes:** 8
- **Site context:** inside-settlement
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** No Framework version cited
- **Determinative policies:** TR4(1)(d)
- **Development plan policies:** Hart Local Plan (Strategy and Sites) 2032 INF3, NBE9, Hartley Wintney Neighbourhood Plan Policy 2
- **Main issues:** refuse servicing
- **Tags:** tier-2, conditions, refuse-collection, framework-not-cited

## Summary
Residents of an 8-home mews wanted to drop the private bin collection condition and put bins out for Council kerbside collection. The Inspector found the collection point impractical and outside the appellant's control, and the condition still necessary. Dismissed. The letter does not cite any Framework.

## What made the difference
The Inspector's own judgement on practicality and future occupiers with mobility issues outweighed the lack of technical objection from the waste and highway authorities (DL ¶11).

## Policy findings
- **TR4(1)(d): fail.** Framework not cited; mapped. Kerbside collection point not in appellant control, long trundle distance, unsuitable for future occupiers with mobility issues (DL 7-12)

## Key facts
- Brewhouse Lane not on public collection route; bins for 8 households would sit on a lane corner that may be parked on
- Waste and highway authorities did not object technically

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/8de48d0c-f976-4534-953d-85c62ace9153
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6004528

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