®Planning appeal decision
Kelima Portsmouth Road, Ripley, WOKING, GU23 6EW
the erection of two dwellings, the formation of a new access, the erection of a double garage following the demolition of the existing garage and conservatory
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Redford 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 and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect it has upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; the living conditions of the occupants of Hi-Ash and The Retreat with specific regard to the privacy of their gardens; and the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA)
- 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 circumstance necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no clear outweighing benefits to justify very special circumstances.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt (inappropriate development and moderate harm to openness), substantial harm to living conditions of neighbours and the SPA, and moderate harm to character and appearance were not outweighed by the limited weight attributed to housing supply contribution and sustainable design benefits.
Framework references: 149, 147, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy P2, Policy D1, Policy G5, Policy LNPH3, Policy LNPH1, Policy P5, Policy NE4, Policy LNPEN2, Policy H4, Policy H1, Policy NRM6
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG, Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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