®Planning appeal decision
Clayton Cottage, Combe Lane, Wormley, GODALMING, Surrey, GU8 5TP
without planning permission the erection of a building ("the Building"). The Building is marked in the approximate position 'A' on the attached plan
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jones R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and relevant development plan policies
- the effect on the viability of a tree
- 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 required to justify the development
What decided it
The application of the Warwick judgment allowing detached structures to be treated as extensions under NPPF paragraph 149(c), combined with the fallback position that the building could lawfully be relocated elsewhere on the site, outweighed the identified harm to the tree viability.
Framework references: 149, 150, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy SP1, Policy NE2, Policy NE1, Policy TD1, Policy RE3, Policy DM4, Policy DM11
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.