®Planning appeal decision
Hydestile Paddock, Hambledon Road, Hydestile, GODALMING, GU8 4DE
planning application proposing improvements to the visual exterior of the property and alterations and extensions to the roof spaces to the rear of the property following demolition of multiple existing ground floor areas. This results in an overall reduction of the ground floor footprint. Additionally, replacement of a porch to the front of the house for a more aesthetically pleasing one and the addition of a contemporary rear aspect situated inconspicuously to the rear of the property. Installation of multiple low carbon technologies including Ground source heat pump underneath paddock on the curtilage
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Guest H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The cumulative increase in floorspace of over 175% from the original dwelling, combined with harm to the openness of the Green Belt, could not be outweighed by the proposal's benefits, and no very special circumstances existed to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
Framework references: 147, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy RE2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan (Part 1) (2018), Saved Policy RD2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan (2002)
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.