®Planning appeal decision
Highlands Farm Chalk Lane, East Horsley, LEATHERHEAD, KT24 6TH
described as, “Replaced dwelling following demolition of existing dwelling
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Doherty A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and development plan policy
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- if the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal's volumetric increase of approximately 51% over the existing dwelling made it materially larger and therefore inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with the resulting harm to openness and the Green Belt not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by moderate benefits in energy efficiency and sustainability, and neutral factors such as design quality and neighbour acceptance.
Framework references: 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy P2
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.