Land at Lucas Green Nurseries, Lucas Green Road, West End, Woking, GU24 9LY

Planning appeal 3362051 at Land at Lucas Green Nurseries, Lucas Green Road, West End, Woking, GU24 9LY (Surrey Heath Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 September 2025 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effects of the proposals on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes.

change of use of land, for dog walking and play sessions

Authority: Surrey Heath Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Shearing C
Postcode: GU24 9LY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effects of the proposals on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes
Effects on highway safety
Whether any 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 harm to Green Belt openness, to which substantial weight must be given, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations including the moderate economic benefits, and therefore very special circumstances do not exist to justify the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM11 of the CSDMPPolicy DM1 part iii) of the CSDMP
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154

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