Stanwell Farm, Bedfont Road, Stanwell, TW19 7LY

for the existing use of the application site as a builder's yard with the erection of an ancillary small-scale shop

Authority: Spelthorne Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: McCreery D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including any effect on openness
The effect on the character and appearance of the area
The effect on the living conditions of nearby residents, paying particular regard to noise and general disturbance (Appeal A)
Whether other considerations exist and, if they do, if they clearly outweigh any harm to the Green Belt, and any other harm, so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The harm caused by inappropriate development in the Green Belt, to which substantial weight must be attached, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations including economic benefits and previously developed land status, so very special circumstances did not exist.

Framework references: 148, 149, 150

Plan policies cited: GB1, EN1, EN11

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