1 Manor Farm Barns, Wanborough Hill, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JR

Planning appeal 3351997 at 1 Manor Farm Barns, Wanborough Hill, Wanborough, Guildford, GU3 2JR (Guildford Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 May 2026 by Inspector Harwood A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including the effect upon openness and the purposes of the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.

Without planning permission the material change of use of the land from agriculture to the use of the land for residential amenity purposes

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Harwood A
Postcode: GU3 2JR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt including the effect upon openness and the purposes of the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
The effect of the use as domestic garden on 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 development is inappropriate in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness and encroachment into countryside, which cannot be outweighed by the personal circumstances of the occupants or security concerns.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy P2Policy D1Policy P1Policy D4Policy RE14Policy ID4Policy P6Policy P7

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