®Planning appeal decision
Land coordinates 500925 136002 to the north of Miller Lane and Alford Road, Dunsfold, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4AT
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The Council's severe shortfall in five-year housing land supply (1.28 years) rendered key restrictive policies out of date and engaged the paragraph 11(d) tilted balance, tipping the outcome in favour of the substantial housing benefits over the identified, limited harms.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.
Framework references: 11, 66, 84, 91, 110, 115, 129, 135, 139, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy ALH1, Policy RE3, Policy AHN1, Policy HA1, Policy DM20, Policy TD1, Policy RE1, Policy DM1, Policy DM4, Policy DM15, Policy LRC1, Policy DM36, Policy NE1, Policy ST1
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.