®Planning appeal decision
Three Acre Barn, Guildford Road, Effingham, LEATHERHEAD, KT24 5QQ
a residential dwelling
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- 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, having regard to local and national planning policy
- the effect of the proposal on protected trees
- whether the dwelling would be sustainable in design and construction
- 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 substantially reduce openness, and would harm protected trees, and these harms are not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to constitute very special circumstances.
the harm to the Green Belt due to inappropriateness and harm to protected trees was not clearly outweighed by other considerations including modest housing benefits and neutral factors relating to character and appearance
Framework references: 154, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy P2 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan Strategy and Sites April 2019, Policy P6(5) of the Guildford Borough Local Plan Development Management Policies March 2023, Policy D2(1) and (3) of the Guildford Borough Local Plan Development Management Policies March 2023
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.