Land Adjoining Brockhurst Farm, Dunsfold Road, Alfold, Surrey, GU6 8JD

Planning appeal 3346472 at Land Adjoining Brockhurst Farm, Dunsfold Road, Alfold, Surrey, GU6 8JD (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 26 November 2024 by Inspector Nicholls H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location and scale of development would accord with the development plan.

erection of 11 no. dwellings comprising 7 no. open market units and 4 no. affordable units with access through adjacent residential development, and associated parking, servicing and landscaping

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Nicholls H
Postcode: GU6 8JB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the location and scale of development would accord with the development plan
whether the proposal would lead to coalescence of Alfold Crossways with Dunsfold Park Village
the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area

What decided it

the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply (3.19 years) engaged the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance, which the identified harms were not sufficient to outweigh

the significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, together with economic and social infrastructure benefits, were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the modest landscape harm and conflict with Policy ANP H1, so the tilted balance favoured granting permission

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP2Policy ALH1Policy DM13Policy DM15Policy ANP H1Policy ANP PSC1Policy RE1Policy DM4Policy AHN1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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