®Planning appeal decision
Land West of Guildford Road, Cranleigh, GU6 8PA
the erection of a flexible electricity generation facility including battery storage with associated ancillary infrastructure, access and boundary treatment
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Naylor R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of local residents with regard to noise
- The effect of the development on carbon neutrality
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the unacceptable noise impact on living conditions were not clearly outweighed by the energy infrastructure benefits and site justification, failing to establish the very special circumstances required to permit inappropriate Green Belt development.
Framework references: 138, 151, 185
Plan policies cited: Policy RE2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites, Saved Policies D1 and D4 of the Waverley Borough Council Local Plan 2002, SGS Policy CC1
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.