®Planning appeal decision
Holmdale, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NR
without planning permission (i) the construction of a building on the Land in the approximate position marked with an ‘X’ on the plan attached to the Notice (‘Building X’); (ii) the use of the building and the land hatched in black for mixed use as a chicken hut, art studio and for domestic storage; (iii) installation of a hard surface on the Land hatched in black on the plan attached to the Notice
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- Its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the setting of Holmdale, a Grade 1 Listed Building
- If the scheme is inappropriate development whether the harm caused by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other circumstances so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The development does not satisfy the Green Belt exception for replacement buildings as it is not in the same use as the building it replaces, constituting inappropriate development which cannot be justified by the absence of other harms.
Framework references: 149
Plan policies cited: Policy P2, Policy P1, Policy D3
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.