®Planning appeal decision
Land at Dunsfold Common, Dunsfold Common Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4NB
the erection of five self-build/custom build dwellings with associated works
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Plenty B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the Council is meeting its statutory duty with respect to the delivery of plots for Custom and Self-Build dwellings
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the Area of Great Landscape Value and the wider countryside
- whether the proposed development would preserve the setting of Grade II listed 1 and 2 Burdocks, Dunsfold Common Road and Grade II listed Chennels and adjoining cottage, Dunsfold Common Road
What decided it
The Council's failure to meet its statutory duty to deliver self-build/custom build housing plots, combined with its inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, outweighed the identified moderate landscape harm and limited heritage harm.
The significant public benefit of delivering five self-build/custom build homes, set against an unmet CSBH need and a housing land supply shortfall, outweighed the moderate harm to the character and appearance of the AGLV/countryside and the less than substantial harm to the setting of Chennels Cottage.
Framework references: 11, 48, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy RE1, Policy RE3, Policy TD1, Policy D1, Policy D4, Policy HA1, Policy HE3, Policy HE15, Policy NE1, Policy DM19, Policy H01
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.