®Planning appeal decision
The Land Known As Godstone House, Cobham Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9SA
Planning appeal 3276946 at The Land Known As Godstone House, Cobham Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9SA (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 6 March 2023 by Inspector Moss J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the buildings benefit from permitted development rights under Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
Without planning permission the erection of two single storey detached buildings marked A and B on the attached plan1
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Moss J
- Postcode
- KT22 9SA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the buildings benefit from permitted development rights under Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
- Whether the buildings are provided within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse
- Whether the buildings are required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse
- Whether Building B is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of Building B on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of Building B on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether very special circumstances exist to justify Building B as inappropriate development
What decided it
Building B was located outside the curtilage of the dwellinghouse as it was mostly constructed on land to the north of the former white painted wall which formed a substantial physical boundary, and therefore did not benefit from Class E permitted development rights and constituted a breach of planning control that could not be justified.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- ENV22RUD9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 149
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.
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