Planning appeal decision
High Stovolds Farm, , Stovolds Hill, Cranleigh, GU6 8LE
Planning appeal 3253333 at High Stovolds Farm, , Stovolds Hill, Cranleigh, GU6 8LE (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 January 2022 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the hardstanding constitutes development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 4, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
Without planning permission the carrying out of an engineering operation of laying of hardstanding in the approximate position marked hatched on the attached plan
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Symons G
- Postcode
- GU6 8LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the hardstanding constitutes development permitted under Schedule 2, Part 4, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015
- Whether three months is a reasonable period for compliance with the enforcement notice
What decided it
The hardstanding was laid before planning permission for the barn conversion operations was granted, therefore it did not qualify as permitted development under the GPDO and constitutes a breach of planning control.
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