Planning appeal decision
Gemini Chapel, Kings Road, Haslemere, GU27 2QA
Planning appeal 3318146 at Gemini Chapel, Kings Road, Haslemere, GU27 2QA (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 May 2023 by Inspector McEntee K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether demolition works constituted commencement of chargeable development for CIL purposes and whether liability was properly assumed and Commencement Notice submitted.
Retrospective planning permission for demolition of extension and refurbishment works
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Not Applicable
- Inspector
- McEntee K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether demolition works constituted commencement of chargeable development for CIL purposes and whether liability was properly assumed and Commencement Notice submitted
- Whether the deemed commencement date of 29 November 2022 was correctly determined
What decided it
The carrying out of demolition works constituted a material operation and commencement of chargeable development under CIL regulations, triggering the requirement to assume liability and submit a Commencement Notice.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Waverley Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023
- Dismissed22 October 20266013698Markwick Farmhouse, Markwick Lane, Godalming, GU8 4BE
- Allowed22 October 20266006447Land At Alfold Farm, Loxwood Road, Alfold, Cranleigh, GU6 8HP
- Dismissed16 October 202660115832 Fir Cottage, Portsmouth Road, Milford, GU8 5DY
- Allowed14 October 20266011929Loxleigh Lodge, The Reeds Road, Frensham, GU10 3BP
- Allowed14 October 20266008502Land West of Loxwood Road, Alfold, GU6 8HR
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.
®