®Planning appeal decision
Land at Dunsfold Common, Dunsfold Common Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4NB
Planning appeal 3300262 at Land at Dunsfold Common, Dunsfold Common Road, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4NB (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 2 December 2022 by Inspector Plenty B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the Council is meeting its statutory duty with respect to the delivery of plots for Custom and Self-Build dwellings.
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
- Postcode
- GU8 4NB
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP2Policy RE1Policy RE3Policy TD1Policy D1Policy D4Policy HA1Policy HE3Policy HE15Policy NE1Policy DM19Policy H01
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 202
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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