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Allowed28 October 20253327643

Land off Midhurst Road at Scotland Park, Midhurst Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3DH

Planning appeal 3327643 at Land off Midhurst Road at Scotland Park, Midhurst Road, Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3DH (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 28 October 2025 by Inspector Ware P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the landscape, with particular regard to the National Landscape (NL).

Hybrid application: outline (access only) for up to 111 dwellings, landscaping, community growing space and infrastructure; and full application for 1 dwelling, junction alteration/access road, car park, drainage, a scout facility/nursery and education facility (Use Class F), and a SANG

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Ware P
Postcode
GU27 3DH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the landscape, with particular regard to the National Landscape (NL).
  • The effect of the proposal on housing land supply in the area.
  • The effect of the proposal on the biodiversity of the site.
  • Whether there are exceptional circumstances to justify development in the NL.

What decided it

The exceptionally poor five year housing land supply (1.28 years) combined with the acute affordable housing need and the absence of realistic alternative sites constituted exceptional circumstances under NPPF paragraph 190 justifying major development in the National Landscape.

The residual landscape harm from the housing element in LCAs 1 and 2 was outweighed by the substantial package of benefits (housing and affordable housing delivery, landscape enhancement across most of the site, biodiversity net gain, SANG, scout/forest school facilities and recreational benefits), leading to a finding of exceptional circumstances and overall compliance with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
SP1SP2RE1RE3NE1NE2DM15DM11DM4DM1ALH1ALH2H4H9H12LRC1ST1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 58Paragraph 189Paragraph 190
Judgments
R(CPRE Kent) v SSHCLG [2025] EWHC 1781 (Admin); R (Wadhurst PC) v SSHCLG [2025] EWHC 1735 (Admin); R (New Forest Park Authority) v SSHCLG [2025] EWHC 726 (Admin)

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