®Planning appeal decision
Holly Cottage, 72 Pixham Lane, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1PH
Proposed conversion of existing garage into habitable space with rear extension. Single storey link extension connecting dwelling to garage. Single storey rear infill extension and reinstatement of previous flat roof to rear single storey elements, replacing existing combined pitched and flat roof. First floor extension over existing porch. Internal alterations, amendments to existing fenestration in line with proposed works and re-tile existing roof with identical tiles
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Shearing C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effects of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effects on the character and appearance of the area, including the Pixham Lane Conservation Area and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Effects on protected species, with particular regard to bats
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would result in a 107% increase in floorspace, constituting disproportionate additions to the original dwelling and inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
Framework references: 137, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy RUD7, Policy CS14, Policy ENV22, Policy ENV23, Policy ENV24, Policy ENV39, Policy ENV15
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