Elmsleigh Farm, Send Barns Lane, Send, Surrey, GU23 7BP

the erection of 8 no dwellings, together with associated works

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Parsons J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
Whether affordable housing should be provided
Refuse and recycling provision

What decided it

The significant and overriding harm to the character and appearance of the area from an overly dense, incongruous form of development outweighed the benefits and led to conflict with the development plan as a whole.

The modest housing supply, mix and locational benefits were outweighed by the significant and overriding harm to character and appearance, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole and refusal of permission.

Plan policies cited: Policy D1, Saved Policy G5, Send 1, Policy H2

Judgments cited: Whitley & Sons Co Ltd v Secretary of State for Wales (1992) 64 P & CR 296

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