®Planning appeal decision
Runtley Wood Farm Runtley Wood Lane, Sutton Green, Guildford, GU4 7QQ
the relocation of track to centre of the site together with the installation of a substation to serve residential development permitted under ref Plan/2024/0190
- Authority
- Woking Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Rawle S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether or not the proposal would result in an unacceptable risk of flooding
- Whether the 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 development
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness and harms character and appearance, with no very special circumstances to justify it, as the substation location is not essential and less harmful alternatives exist.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy CS6, Policy DM13, Policy CS21, Policy CS24, Policy CS9
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