®Planning appeal decision
Land at Reeds, The Reeds Road, Tilford, Surrey, GU10 2DJ
Planning appeal 3309167 at Land at Reeds, The Reeds Road, Tilford, Surrey, GU10 2DJ (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 August 2023 by Inspector Naylor R, 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.
Outline application with all matters reserved for the erection of an agricultural managers dwelling
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- GU10 2DJ
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
- The effect of the proposal on the character of the landscape in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing significant harm to openness, and an essential need for a rural worker to reside at the site has not been demonstrated, with no very special circumstances to justify the development.
The modest economic benefits and private convenience of living on site were attributed very little weight and did not outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt and other identified harms; the tilted balance did not apply due to Green Belt protection policies providing a clear reason for refusal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RE2Policy RE3Policy NE1Policies P1, P2 and P3 of the Surrey Hills AONB Management Plan 2020-2025
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 176Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Oxton Farm v Harrogate BC [2020] EWCA Civ 805
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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