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

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

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

Framework references: 155, 11

Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy DM14, Policy RE3, Policy DM15

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