Waverley Cottage Crooksbury Road, Tilford, FARNHAM, GU10 2AZ

The proposed scheme is to create a remodel of the detached dwelling with a single storey rear and two storey side extension

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Wilson S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
Its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
Its effect on the character and appearance of the area with specific regard to the Surrey Hills National Landscape and the Area of Great Landscape Value
Its effect on protected species
Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations and amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriate development and reduction in openness, combined with harm to character and appearance and unresolved protected species concerns, could not be outweighed by the limited weight afforded to the appellant's private benefits, and very special circumstances were not demonstrated to exist.

Framework references: 154

Plan policies cited: Policy DM14, Policy TD1, Policy RE3, Policy DM4, Policy DM15, Policy NE1, Policy DM1

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