Land at Former Wisley Airfield, Hatch Lane, Ockham, Surrey, GU23 6NU

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: other · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Unknown
Inspector: Downes T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Effect of the proposed development on the local and strategic highway network
Effect of the proposed development on air quality
Effect of the proposed development on ecology
Whether the proposed development would provide the new population with sustainable travel choices

What decided it

The absence of objection from the statutory technical consultees (National Highways, Surrey County Council and Natural England), combined with robust modelling and secured mitigation through conditions and the Section 106 Agreement, was decisive in finding no unacceptable harm on the main issues.

Plan policies cited: Policy A35, Policy A42, Policy ID4, Policy ID3, Policy ID9, Policy P5, Policy P6, Policy P7, Policy LPN12, Policy LPN13, Policy LPEN2

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