The Willows, Woodhill Lane, Shamley Green, CU5 0SR

the provision of vehicular access and erection of gate together with the change of use of land from agricultural to private outdoor recreational land

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: change of use · Change of use
Inspector: Praine N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and whether it constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the National Planning Policy Framework
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area having particular regard to the site's location within the countryside and as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and an Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
The effect of the development on biodiversity including protected species
The effect of the development on the safety of the highway
If the development is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations that amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that harms openness and encroaches into countryside, and the resulting harms are not clearly outweighed by other considerations to justify very special circumstances.

Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 149, 150, 176

Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy RE3, Policy NE1, Policy ST1

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