®Planning appeal decision
The Tileries Heath Lane, Ewshot, Farnham, GU10 5AW
Planning appeal 3365288 at The Tileries Heath Lane, Ewshot, Farnham, GU10 5AW (Hart District Council) was allowed on 4 November 2025 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the nature and location of the development accords with relevant policies of the development plan.
conversion of outbuilding to a one bedroom dwelling to include creation of a first floor within roofspace, alteration s to fenestration and erection of a porch
- Authority
- Hart District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
- Postcode
- GU10 5AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the nature and location of the development accords with relevant policies of the development plan
- the effects of the proposal on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d), which, combined with the proposal's compliance with Framework provisions for rural building reuse and adequate mitigation of SPA effects, outweighed the conflict with development plan policies.
The modest benefits of delivering a single dwelling in the context of housing shortfall and reusing an existing building with enhancement to its setting were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by adverse impacts when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and outweighed the conflict with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD1Policy SS1Policy NBE1Policy INF3Policy NBE3saved policy NRM6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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