®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed18 October 20243340340
Land Adjacent To Stella Maris, Sutton Green Road, Sutton Green, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7QD
the erection of a detached two storey dwelling on land adjacent to Stella Maris
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- 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 National Planning Policy Framework
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- The effect of the proposal on protected nature sites
- 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 appeal site does not lie within a village as required by NPPF paragraph 154(e) for limited infilling to be acceptable in the Green Belt, and the harm to the Green Belt through loss of openness and encroachment into countryside is not clearly outweighed by the limited material considerations in support.
Framework references: 154, 84, 139
Plan policies cited: CS6, DM13, CS8, NRM6
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