®Planning appeal decision
Withybush Farm , Knowle Lane, CRANLEIGH, GU6 8JP
conversion of the barn to form a single residential unit following partial demolition of part of the barn with parking for four cars
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site would be a suitable location for the dwelling having regard to the WBC development plan spatial strategy and relevant national planning policy in this respect
- whether future occupiers of the dwelling would be isolated from everyday services and facilities and dependent on private vehicles
What decided it
The proposal would result in an isolated home in the countryside contrary to the development plan spatial strategy and would create unacceptable dependency on private vehicles for access to services and facilities, and these harms have substantial weight that outweighs the housing supply benefits even under the tilted balance.
The housing land supply shortfall (3.89 years) engaged the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d), but the adverse impacts of locating residential development in an unsuitable countryside location with high car dependency had substantial weight against the appeal and significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of delivering a single dwelling, so the tilted balance did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 12, 84
Plan policies cited: LPP1 Policy SP2, LPP1 Policy SP1, LPP1 Policy ST1, LPP1 Policy RE1, LPP2 Policy DM15
Judgments cited: Braintree District Council v SSCLG & Ors [2017] EWHC 2743 (Admin); Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.