®Planning appeal decision
Langhurst Farm, Lodkin Hill, Hascombe Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4JB
‘Change of use from agricultural to business (Class E(g) solely for use by timber-based carpentry and joinery businesses) to provide up to 350 square metres of floorspace in Barn A, and use of Barn B for ancillary storage only, and associated works including part demolition and cladding, removal of grain silo, soft landscaping and parking provision (part retrospective).’
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect on the development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the Surrey Hills National Landscape
- the location of the site having regard to local planning policy for the location of economic and commercial development
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal would not preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would constitute inappropriate development, with substantial weight given to this harm that was not outweighed by other considerations.
Framework references: 154, 155, 149, 150, 153, 182, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy DM14, Policy RE3, Policy DM1, Policy DM4, Policy BNP-G1, Policy BNP-L3, Policy EE1(d)
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.