Planning appeal decision
120-130 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7AL
Planning appeal 3300655 at 120-130 Potters Lane, Send, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7AL (Guildford Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 25 April 2023 by Inspector Jones R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
retrospective application for the introduction of a new access point to the site in order to provide safer access for vehicles and pedestrians’. https://www.gov.uk/planning-inspectorate 2
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Jones R
- Postcode
- GU23 7AL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The urbanising harm to the character and appearance of the rural area caused by the engineered characteristics of the new access outweighs the highway safety benefits, resulting in conflict with development plan policy and the NPPF.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D1 of Guildford Borough Local Plan: strategy and sites 2015-2034Policy D4 of the LPDMP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 110Paragraph 130
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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