®Planning appeal decision
Woodcote (Dovehill), Ifield Road, Charlwood, Surrey, RH6 0DR
new detached residential dwelling to replace the existing mobile home (certificate of lawfulness MO/2021/1943/ECL)
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Evans L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt and the effect on openness
- The effect on the character and appearance of the local area
- Whether the proposed development would create satisfactory living conditions for future residents, with particular regard to noise
- Whether the proposed development would protect biodiversity
- Whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development within the Green Belt that cannot be justified by very special circumstances, compounded by unresolved concerns about noise levels affecting future residents and the absence of ecological surveys to assess impacts on protected species.
Framework references: 11, 48, 99, 135, 142, 152, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS13, Policy CS14, Policy EN1, Policy EN4, Policy EN12, Policy ENV15, Policy ENV22, Policy ENV23, Policy ENV24, Policy ENV56, Policy INF2, Policy INF6
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.