®Planning appeal decision
Hollybush Farm, Known As The Oaks, Murrays Lane , Byfleet , West Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7NE
Planning appeal 3319813 at Hollybush Farm, Known As The Oaks, Murrays Lane , Byfleet , West Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7NE (Woking Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 1 August 2024 by Inspector Orr H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the developments on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
(i) The erection of a means of enclosure comprising two brick walls and pillars at the front entrance of the land as shown in the approximate position as a black oval on the attached plan and by way of the attached photograph; and (ii) The erection of a detached single storey building known as the ‘machinery store’ comprising two sections measuring approximately 2.9m high, 4.8m deep, 5.85m wide (main section) and 2.9m high, 2.4m deep, 2.4m wide (smaller section) as shown in the approximate position hatched black on the attached Plan and by way of the attached photograph
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Orr H
- Postcode
- KT14 7NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the developments on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- Effect of the developments on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the walls and pillars on highway safety
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the grant of planning permission
What decided it
The cumulative harm to Green Belt openness, character and appearance, combined with significant highway safety concerns, was not clearly outweighed by the appellant's justifications, and no very special circumstances were established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS6CS21DM13CS14CS18
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 153
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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