C/O AGENT, 3 Innovation Place, Douglas Drive, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1JX

the use of the building as a cafe (for service and sale of hot food prepared in adjacent commercial kitchen); erection of a canopy to existing building

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Minor retail and services
Inspector: Phillips B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the landscape and scenic beauty of Surrey Hills AONB
the effect of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The development's prominent siting on the brow of a hill within the Surrey Hills AONB introduces an incongruous level of busy commercial activity that detracts from the tranquil rural landscape character, combined with unresolved highway safety concerns regarding parking overspill and traffic generation on an inadequate narrow rural lane.

Framework references: 155, 154

Plan policies cited: Policy RE3, Policy ST1, Policy DM9, Policies TT2, P1, P2 and RT1 of the Surrey Hills AONB Management Plan

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