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Dismissed13 June 20243328867

Land Centred Coordinates 495304 139486 on West Side of Water Lane, Enton, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5AW

Planning appeal 3328867 at Land Centred Coordinates 495304 139486 on West Side of Water Lane, Enton, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5AW (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 June 2024 by Inspector Moore J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon openness.

conversion of a barn to a dwellinghouse

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Moore J
Postcode
GU8 5AW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon openness
  • the effect of the proposal upon a locally designated Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
  • whether the 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 constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness and harms the AGLV, and the limited benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm such that very special circumstances exist.

the limited benefits arising from housing delivery and economic activity do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and failure to preserve openness, and the moderate harm to the AGLV

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy RE2Policy DM14Policy RE3Policy DM15
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 11

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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