®Planning appeal decision
Blanchards Hill Farm, Sutton Green, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7QN
Planning appeal 3290781 at Blanchards Hill Farm, Sutton Green, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7QN (Woking Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 December 2022 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- GU4 7QN
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS6DM13CS1CS18CS19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 150Paragraph 111Paragraph 87Paragraph 89Paragraph 84
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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