®Planning appeal decision
17 Frensham Road, Farnham, GU9 8HF
Planning appeal 3314250 at 17 Frensham Road, Farnham, GU9 8HF (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 August 2024 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the dwelling in the revised scheme on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
1. Without planning permission, the erection of a dwelling in the approximate position marked ‘A’ on the plan attached to the notice (‘the dwelling’). 2. Without planning permission, an engineering operation comprising of the creation of hardstanding in the approximate areas crosshatched black on the attached plan. 3. Without planning permission, a building operation comprising of the erection of steps in the approximate areas coloured yellow on the attached plan. 4. Without planning permission, a building operation comprising the installation of retaining walls marked by blue lines on the attached plan . 5. Without planning permission, the carrying out of an engineering operation to materially change the levels of the land in the approximate area within the green line on the attached plan
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Not Applicable
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- GU9 8HF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the dwelling in the revised scheme on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- The effect on European Protected Sites
What decided it
The removal of the upper storey and replacement of light-coloured cladding with dark timber boarding would sufficiently reduce the visual prominence and scale of the dwelling to overcome the character and appearance harm identified in the previous appeal, combined with the provision of adequate mitigation measures for European Protected Sites through SANG and SAMM contributions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TD1Policy NE1Policy NE3Policy CC2Policy DM1Policy DM4Policy FNP1Policy FNP8Policy FNP12Policy FNP13Policy NRM6
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.