®Planning appeal decision
Hyde Lodge Hyde Lane, Churt, FARNHAM, GU10 2LP
use of converted ancillary building known as The Shed as an independent residential dwelling
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including its effect on openness and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to local and national planning policy
- whether the dwelling would be in a suitable location having regard to the development plan spatial strategy, including for rural areas
- its effect on the character or appearance of the immediate area
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and subdivide a contiguous garden, and this substantial harm together with significant harm to character and location was not clearly outweighed by the modest housing supply benefit of a single dwelling.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and significant harm to character and appearance and countryside location were not clearly outweighed by the modest housing supply benefit of a single dwelling, so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 152, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy SP2, Policy DM15
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.