®Planning appeal decision
Land at Hunters Lodge, Horsley Road, Downside, Surrey, KT11 3NY
outline planning application (some matters reserved) for the phased development of up to 4 serviced plots for self-build and custom housebuilding
- Authority
- Elmbridge Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dring G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, 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 required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The cumulative weight of the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the significant harm to character and appearance was not outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision.
The benefits of four dwellings (significant weight), self-build and custom housebuilding provision (substantial weight), economic benefits from SBCB development (considerable weight), and biodiversity net gain (considerable weight) did not outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt and significant harm to character and appearance.
Framework references: 11, 65, 73, 110, 115, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy DM17, Policy CS10, Policy CS17, Policy DM2, Policy CS21, Policy CS15, Policy DM21
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.