Orchard Cottage Drovers Way, Ash Green, ALDERSHOT, GU12 6HY

the erection of two detached three-bedroom houses with associated amenity areas and parking

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Conde L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed residential development, including with regard to its accessibility to facilities and services
the effect of the proposal on the Green Lane East Site of Nature Conservation Interest (SNCI)
the effect of the proposal on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area

What decided it

The appeal site is not an appropriate location for residential development due to its poor accessibility to facilities and services and the unsustainability of the location, combined with insufficient ecological information to rule out harm to the adjacent SNCI.

The limited socio-economic benefits of the proposal did not outweigh the identified conflicts with the development plan regarding location sustainability and nature conservation.

Plan policies cited: Policy P3, Policy ID4, Policy P7

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