®Planning appeal decision
Scotland Lane , Haslemere, Surrey , GU27 3AN
Planning appeal 3280136 at Scotland Lane , Haslemere, Surrey , GU27 3AN (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 1 February 2022 by Inspector Hockenhull H, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Area of Great Landscape Value, the wider countryside, the setting of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural beauty and the character and appearance of Museum Hill and Old Haslemere Road.
the erection of a residential development including associated parking, landscaping, open space and infrastructure
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Hockenhull H
- Postcode
- GU27 3AN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the Area of Great Landscape Value, the wider countryside, the setting of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural beauty and the character and appearance of Museum Hill and Old Haslemere Road
- whether the Council can demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing land against the housing requirement
- whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed buildings at Red Court
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing land engaged the tilted balance, and the benefits of housing delivery were found not to be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified landscape and housing mix harms.
the harms to the character and appearance of the AGLV/countryside and to housing mix, together with limited harm from pedestrian improvements, did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, sustainable location, open space and economic benefits, so the tilted balance favoured allowing the appeal
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RE1Policy RE3Policy NE2Policy TD1Policy AHN3Policy AHN1Policy HA1Policy LRC1Policy NE1Policy NE3Policy CC2Policy ALH1Policy D1Policy D4Policy D6Policy D7Policy HE3Policy HE5HNP Policy H10HNP Policy H5HNP Policy H1(iii)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 55Paragraph 57Paragraph 169Paragraph 170Paragraph 174Paragraph 176
- Judgments
- Hewitt, R (on the application of) v Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council & Anor [2020] EWHC 3405 (Admin); R (on the application of Champion) v North Norfolk District Council [2025] UHSC 52
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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