Woodmans Copses, Hyde Lane, Churt Farnham, GU10 2LP

Planning appeal 3330042 at Woodmans Copses, Hyde Lane, Churt Farnham, GU10 2LP (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 20 February 2024 by Inspector Fagan N, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether 12-months is a reasonable period for the appellants to cease the residential use of the building and carry out the agreed works to create a smaller building for agroforestry purposes only, with a smaller area of hardstanding surrounding it as set out in the above plans and elevations.

Without planning permission: 1) The erection of a building in the approximate position marked ‘A’ on the attached plan (‘the Building’). 2) An engineering operation comprising the construction of an access track and hardstanding being the area cross hatched on the attached plan

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: agricultural · Other minor developments
Inspector: Fagan N
Postcode: GU10 2LP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether 12-months is a reasonable period for the appellants to cease the residential use of the building and carry out the agreed works to create a smaller building for agroforestry purposes only, with a smaller area of hardstanding surrounding it as set out in the above plans and elevations

What decided it

The agreement between the appellants and Council on a smaller, non-residential agroforestry building and reduced hardstanding, coupled with the Inspector's finding that 12 months was a reasonable compliance period, determined the outcome.

the acceptability of a smaller, non-residential agroforestry building and reduced hardstanding, agreed with the Council and consistent with relevant policy, justified allowing the appeal in part on ground (a), while no case was made to extend the compliance period beyond 12 months on ground (g)

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