Leas View Epsom Road, West Horsley, LEATHERHEAD, KT24 6AP

planning application for a loft extension to create living space to a dwellinghouse with a Juliet balcony and hip to gable enlargement (retrospective) and proposed single storey side extension

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Simpson V

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to any relevant development plan policies and the Framework
the effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of Fairacre House, with particular regard to privacy
whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The scheme would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt due to disproportionate additions exceeding 50% of the original building's floorspace, and the other considerations do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.

Framework references: 153, 154, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy P2, Policy D5, Policy H4

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