Springfiled Manor Nusing Home, Hogs Back, Puttenham, Surrey, GU3 1AQ

extensions and alterations to an existing residential care home including ancillary landscaping works and minor demolitions

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Other Major Developments
Inspector: Jolly J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
the effect of the proposal on the significance of the Puttenham Conservation Area and the setting of the surrounding listed buildings
the effect of the proposal on the scenic beauty of the National Landscape and Area of Great Landscape Value
the effect of the proposal on the biodiversity value of the appeal site

What decided it

The substantial harm to Green Belt openness from inappropriate development, combined with harm to the National Landscape and biodiversity concerns, was not clearly outweighed by the benefits of additional care home provision and economic gains.

Framework references: 143, 154, 153, 205, 182, 180, 15, 16

Plan policies cited: Policy P2, Policy P-GP1, Policy D3, Policy D18, Policy D19, Policy D20, Policy P-BE4, Policy P-BE5, Policy P1, Policy P-NE1, Policy P7, Policy P-NE4

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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