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Dismissed9 September 20253361621

Hurst Gate Portsmouth Road, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5HH

Planning appeal 3361621 at Hurst Gate Portsmouth Road, Milford, Godalming, GU8 5HH (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 9 September 2025 by Inspector Burley P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area.

‘Outline application for the erection of up to 5 dwellings’

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Burley P
Postcode
GU8 5HH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area
  • whether the appeal scheme would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies concerning the Council's spatial strategy
  • whether the proposed development would be at risk of flooding

What decided it

The harm to the character and appearance of the area, the setting of the conservation area, and the Council's spatial strategy, arising from inappropriate location in open countryside and jarring settlement pattern, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefit of delivering 5 new homes despite the Council's acute housing land supply shortfall.

The considerable weight given to the contribution of 5 dwellings to meeting housing need was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance, harm to the setting of the conservation area, and harm arising from development in an inappropriate location contrary to the Council's spatial strategy.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LRC1Policy TD1Policy RE3Policy RE2Policy SP2(2)Policy DS14Policy CC4Policy NE1Policy NE4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 125Paragraph 143Paragraph 155

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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