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Allowed29 August 20253362383

Land Coordinates 500925 136002 to the North of Miller Lane and Alford Road, Dunsfold, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4AT

Planning appeal 3362383 at Land Coordinates 500925 136002 to the North of Miller Lane and Alford Road, Dunsfold, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4AT (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 29 August 2025 by Inspector Kirby R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the appeal site is suitable for the proposal, having particular regard to the development plan's spatial strategy and the site's relationship to services and facilities, and accessibility.

outline application with all matters reserved except for scale and access, for the erection of 21 dwellings including 7 affordable dwellings together with allotments, parking, public open space, footpath and associated landscape and new drainage infrastructure

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Kirby R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the location of the appeal site is suitable for the proposal, having particular regard to the development plan's spatial strategy and the site's relationship to services and facilities, and accessibility
  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the Surrey Hills Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
  • Whether the contributions sought towards affordable housing are reasonable and necessary and if so, whether they could be suitably secured
  • Whether or not the proposal would preserve the setting of nearby listed buildings
  • Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Dunsfold Conservation Area

What decided it

The Council's severe shortfall in five-year housing land supply (1.28 years) rendered key restrictive policies out of date and engaged the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance, tipping the outcome in favour of the substantial housing benefits over the identified, limited harms.

The substantial benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate biodiversity, economic, social and community benefits, outweighed the limited/localised landscape harm, conflict with the spatial strategy, and the less than substantial harm to the setting of the War Memorial.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP2Policy ALH1Policy RE3Policy AHN1Policy HA1Policy DM20Policy TD1Policy RE1Policy DM1Policy DM4Policy DM15Policy LRC1Policy DM36Policy NE1Policy ST1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 66Paragraph 84Paragraph 91Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 129Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 187

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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