Grove Fruit Farm, Epsom Road, West Horsley, Surrey, KT24 6AP

the change of use of land from agricultural to a recreational use for glamping including the positioning of two glamping pods and associated washroom buildings with access from Epsom Road

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
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
Its effect on the Surrey Hills National Landscape and the Area of Great Landscape Value
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 proposed development would have an adverse impact on Green Belt openness and would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, with no very special circumstances to justify it, and would also harm the setting of the Surrey Hills National Landscape and the character of the Area of Great Landscape Value.

Framework references: 152, 153, 154, 155, 143

Plan policies cited: LPSS Policy P2, LPSS Policy P1, LPSS Policies E5, LPSS Policies E6, LPDMP Policy D12, NP Policy WH15

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