Planning appeal decision
39 Culverlands Crescent, Ash, Surrey, GU12 6TD
Planning appeal 3336292 at 39 Culverlands Crescent, Ash, Surrey, GU12 6TD (Guildford Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 August 2024 by Inspector Praine N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be habitats development under Article 5B(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended).
one residential dwelling
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Praine N
- Postcode
- GU12 6TD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be habitats development under Article 5B(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (as amended)
What decided it
The procedural constraint that conditions and planning obligations cannot be secured at the permission in principle stage meant mitigation measures could not be guaranteed, rendering the development habitats development which cannot be granted permission in principle under the Order.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy P5 of the Guildford Borough Council Local Plan Strategy and Sites (2019)saved policy NRM6 of the South East Plan (2009)
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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