Mulberry House Bagshot Road, West End, WOKING, GU24 9QS

the erection of a detached garage without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref. 2007/1016, dated 2 November 2007

Authority: Surrey Heath Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Murray D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the condition still serves a proper planning purpose and otherwise meets the various tests of conditions set out in national guidance

What decided it

The Council's reason for imposing the condition did not provide clear justification on proper planning grounds related to Green Belt policy or disproportionate additions, and therefore failed to meet the test of necessity and reasonableness required by national guidance.

Framework references: 54, 149

Plan policies cited: Policy RE5: Extension, Alteration and Replacement of dwellings in the countryside, Policy H17: House Extensions, Policy SE4: Design and Quality of Development

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