Cheynes Cottage, Brook Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DH

2 x single storey side extensions, part single/part two storey rear extension, changes to rear fenestration and landscaping works following demolition of side and rear extensions

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Courtney T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed developments would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy
The effect of the proposals on the openness of the Green Belt
If the developments would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify them

What decided it

The cumulative increase in built form and floorspace in both appeals constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with harm to openness that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist to justify approval.

Framework references: 137, 138, 149, 150

Plan policies cited: Policy P2 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan

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