®Planning appeal decision
Land Centred Coordinates 491161 133841, Highercombe Road, Haslemere, GU27 2LQ
Planning appeal 3364882 at Land Centred Coordinates 491161 133841, Highercombe Road, Haslemere, GU27 2LQ (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed on 19 December 2025 by Inspector Heppell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
two detached 2 storey dwellings
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Heppell J
- Postcode
- GU27 2LH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is grey belt land and whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the site is suitable for residential development having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The site qualifies as grey belt land satisfying all three criteria in Framework paragraph 155, making the development appropriate and according with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RE2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites February 2018Policy DM14 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies March 2023Policy DM13 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 2: Site Allocations and Development Management Policies March 2023Policy SP2 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites February 2018Policy H1.3 of the Haslemere Neighbourhood Plan 2013-2032Policy NE1 of the Waverley Borough Local Plan Part 1: Strategic Policies and Sites February 2018
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 110Paragraph 115
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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