®Planning appeal decision
Shepherds Hill Broadfield Road, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9TB
Planning appeal 3275369 at Shepherds Hill Broadfield Road, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9TB (Guildford Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 December 2021 by Inspector O'Doherty A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the reference to Class E in the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of protecting the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt.
Erection of a detached two storey five bedroom house with basement and integral double garage (part retrospective application) without complying with condition restricting permitted development rights
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- O'Doherty A
- Postcode
- GU5 9TB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the reference to Class E in the disputed condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of protecting the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
What decided it
The site-specific circumstances of a sensitive location within the AONB and AGLV, combined with the substantial reduction in openness already caused by the replacement dwelling, justified the retention of the Class E restriction as reasonable and necessary to protect Green Belt openness.
The private benefit to the appellant of being able to construct buildings on site was given limited weight and did not outweigh the need to protect the openness of the Green Belt in this sensitive location.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P2 of the Guildford borough Local Plan strategy and sites 2015–2034
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Guildford Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2021
- Allowed15 October 20266008529Shortland Farm, Guildford Road, Ash, GU12 6DF
- Allowed14 October 20266009751Land South of Green Lane, West Horsley, GU23 6PQ
- Dismissed6 October 20266009810Hogs Back Farm Yard, Monkshatch, Compton, GU3 1DL
- Allowed5 October 20266012736The Cottage, Blanket Mill Farm, Goose Rye Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RQ
- Dismissed23 September 20266009962Pentire, The Avenue, Worplesdon, GU3 3RA
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.