LAND SOUTH OF CLOCK HOUSE LANE, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0AP

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Gilbert J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development accords with NPPF paragraph 84, with particular regard to location
The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, including the Surrey Hills National Landscape and Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
Whether appropriate provision is made for affordable housing
Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the NPPF and any relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The proposal satisfied all the NPPF paragraph 155 exceptions (including the Golden Rules on affordable housing and green space) so that it was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and caused no harm to the National Landscape's character.

the proposal met the Green Belt 'Golden Rules' and avoided harm to landscape character and the National Landscape, resulting in accordance with the development plan as a whole with no material considerations to outweigh that finding

Framework references: 84, 65, 139, 138, 189, 190, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 143, 110, 115, 58

Plan policies cited: Policy RE3, Policy TD1, Policy DM4, BNP-G1, BNP-G3, Policy AHN1, Policy RE2, Policy DM14, BNP-E3

Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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