®Planning appeal decision
Land at Twisted Stone Golf Course, Pyrford Road , Woking, Surrey , GU22 8UE
Without planning permission; (a) the material change of use of part of the land, namely the existing car park as shown hatched black on the Plan to a greenkeepers maintenance compound, and (b) the siting of five (5) metal storage containers
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bond V
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the appeal development on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the appeal development
What decided it
The appeal development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness and conflicts with Green Belt purposes, and the harm arising from inappropriateness, loss of openness, harm to character and appearance, and harm to living conditions through noise and disturbance is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
Framework references: 137, 138, 149, 185
Plan policies cited: Policy CS21, Policy CS24, Policy CS6, Policy DM3, Policy DM13, Policy BE1, Policy BE3
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.