®Planning appeal decision
Hydestile Paddock, Hambledon Road, Hydestile, Godalming, GU8 4DE
Planning appeal 3306838 at Hydestile Paddock, Hambledon Road, Hydestile, Godalming, GU8 4DE (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 May 2023 by Inspector Guest H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- GU8 4DE
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RE2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan (Part 1) (2018)Saved Policy RD2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan (2002)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 149
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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