®Planning appeal decision
Hollybush Farm, Known as The Oaks, Murrays Lane , Byfleet , West Byfleet, Surrey, KT14 7NE
(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
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.
Framework references: 142, 153
Plan policies cited: CS6, CS21, DM13, CS14, CS18
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