3 Combe Farm Cottages, Alldens Lane, Godalming, GU8 4AP

for the erection of an extension for a temporary period of one year

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Jolly J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development represents inappropriate development in the Metropolitan Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies, and if inappropriate development, the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)

What decided it

The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the failure to conserve the character and appearance of the AONB/AGLV were not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and social benefits of a temporary one-year extension, such that very special circumstances could not be demonstrated.

Framework references: 11, 84, 138, 147, 148, 149, 151, 176

Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy DM14, Policy TD1, Policy RE3

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