Planning appeal decision
1 Glenwood Villas Fifield Lane, Frensham, Farnham, GU10 3AR
Planning appeal 3347876 at 1 Glenwood Villas Fifield Lane, Frensham, Farnham, GU10 3AR (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 March 2025 by Inspector Goldberg V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
‘the installation of a 1.8m total height, 1.5m Close Boarded Fence on top of 0.3m Concrete Gravel Boards on the Fifield Lane side of the property boundary’
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Goldberg V
- Postcode
- GU10 3AR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether any 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The fence constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt by definition harmful to it, and the other considerations advanced by the appellant do not clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RE2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part One: Strategic Policies and SitesPolicy DM14 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part Two: Site Allocations and Development Management PoliciesPolicy TD1 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part One: Strategic Policies and SitesPolicy DM4 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part Two: Site Allocations and Development Management PoliciesPolicy FNP1 of the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan (2020)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 154
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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