®Planning appeal decision
Blanchards Hill Farm, Sutton Green, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7QN
part change of use of storage barn and land to south to include Class E(d) (indoor sport) and F2(c) (outdoor sport) creation of associated parking
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Guest H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect of the development and any expansion of hardstanding to provide additional parking, turning points, or passing places for the access drive and any informal parking, on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether or not the location of the development would encourage the use of private vehicles and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development
- 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 harm to the openness of the Green Belt from the proposed parking area and outdoor fitness classes, combined with the location's encouragement of private vehicle use, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and therefore very special circumstances did not exist to justify the inappropriate development.
Framework references: 147, 150, 111, 87, 89, 84
Plan policies cited: CS6, DM13, CS1, CS18, CS19
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.