®Planning appeal decision
Finns Cottage Known As Cricket Pavilion, Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, Guildford, GU5 0RF
Planning appeal 3331188 at Finns Cottage Known As Cricket Pavilion, Blackheath Lane, Wonersh, Guildford, GU5 0RF (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 July 2024 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities.
change of use/conversion of former pavilion building together with alterations to independent self-contained dwelling
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- GU5 0RF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, having regard to its accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The significant harm arising from the site's poor accessibility and reliance on private car use, which would not promote sustainable transport modes or enhance the rural community's vitality, significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest benefits of housing delivery and building reuse.
The modest benefits of providing one dwelling and reusing an existing building were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm from unsustainable location and reliance on private car use, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RE2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1 (2018)Policy DM14 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2 (2023)Policy ST1 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1Policy DM15 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2Policy SP2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 114
- Judgments
- Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610
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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