Planning appeal decision
Browells Wood , Windlesham Road, Chobham, Surrey, GU24 8SN
Planning appeal 3333861 at Browells Wood , Windlesham Road, Chobham, Surrey, GU24 8SN (Surrey Heath Borough Council) was allowed on 14 February 2025 by Inspector David Smith, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site was solely in agricultural use on 20 March 2013.
a change of use of an agricultural building to a single residential dwelling
- Authority
- Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- David Smith
- Postcode
- GU24 8SN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site was solely in agricultural use on 20 March 2013
What decided it
On the balance of probability, the site was used solely for an agricultural use as part of an established agricultural unit on 20 March 2013, satisfying the Class Q permitted development requirement.
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