®Planning appeal decision
Allowed25 November 20243339851
The Harrow Inn, The Street, Compton, GUILDFORD, Surrey, GU3 1EG
change of use of public house, together with extensions and alterations following partial demolition to provide five dwellings with associated amenity space and car parking
- Authority
- Guildford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan policies and the provisions of the Framework
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- If the proposal would be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal qualifies as limited infilling in a village under NPPF paragraph 154(e) and therefore does not constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, which was the sole reason for refusal.
Framework references: 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy P2, Policy ID8
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.