®Planning appeal decision
Hurst Gate Portsmouth Road, Milford, GODALMING, GU8 5HH
‘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
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.
Framework references: 11, 125, 143, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy LRC1, Policy TD1, Policy RE3, Policy RE2, Policy SP2(2), Policy DS14, Policy CC4, Policy NE1, Policy NE4
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.