®Planning appeal decision
Oldwicks Copse, Hascombe Road, GODALMING, GU8 4AB
the erection of three outbuildings within walled garden (as approved under WA/2020/1233)
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposed buildings would have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing tennis court and would not fall within the exceptions to inappropriate development, and the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development do not exist.
The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, to which substantial weight must be given, was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight attributable to the fallback position and other considerations cited in support.
Framework references: 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy RE2
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