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Notice varied and upheld21 March 20253316584

Singh Concrete Ltd, Beaver Depot Birtley Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0LA

Planning appeal 3316584 at Singh Concrete Ltd, Beaver Depot Birtley Road, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0LA (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 21 March 2025 by Inspector Dignan P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and development plan policy.

Without planning permission: 1. The material change of use of the land from B8 (storage and distribution) to a mixed use of B2 (storage and distribution); 2. The erection of a building being a platform tower; and 3. An engineering operation consisting of the widening of an access by way of laying of hardstanding

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector
Dignan P
Postcode
GU5 0LA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and development plan policy.
  • The effect on the openness of the Green Belt.
  • The effect in relation to highway safety.
  • The effect on residential amenity and biodiversity.
  • If the development is inappropriate in the Green Belt, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.

What decided it

The substantial harm to the Green Belt (inappropriateness and loss of openness) and substantial harm to highway safety were not clearly outweighed by the other considerations, so very special circumstances did not exist.

The substantial Green Belt harm and substantial highway safety harm, together with moderate harm to character, were not clearly outweighed by the locational, economic, betterment and ecological benefits, so the appeal was dismissed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP1 Policy TD1LP2 Policy DM9LP2 Policy RE2LP1 Policy RE2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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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