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Notice varied and upheld17 April 20263374518

Highfield Heights Farm Guildford Road, Runfold, Farnham, GU10 1PN

Planning appeal 3374518 at Highfield Heights Farm Guildford Road, Runfold, Farnham, GU10 1PN (Waverley Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 17 April 2026 by Inspector Boffin D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development, with regard to relevant development plan policies.

Without planning permission: 1. The erection of two dwellinghouses. 2. The erection of a stable building. 3. An engineering operation comprising of the laying of hardstanding. The two dwellings are located in the approximate position ‘A’ and ‘B’ on the attached plan. The stable building is located in the approximate position marked ‘C’ on the attached plan. The hardstanding is located in the crosshatched area on the attached plan

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Boffin D
Postcode
GU10 1PN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the development, with regard to relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the development on highway safety
  • The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
  • The effect of the development on biodiversity and the Thames Basin Heath Special Protection Area (the SPA)
  • Whether the personal circumstances of the dwellings' occupier/s overcome/s any identified harm

What decided it

The unsafe and unsuitable private access resulting in an unacceptable impact on highway safety was given considerable weight and was decisive in the adverse impacts outweighing the benefits.

the adverse impacts of the development, including considerable weight to highway safety harm and moderate weight to isolation from services and character/appearance harm, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits, including substantial weight to personal circumstances and moderate weight to housing supply, so planning permission was refused

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP2Policy ST1Policy DM15Policy DM9Policy RE1Policy TD1Policy DM4Policy FNP1Policy FNP10Policy FNP30Policy NE1Policy FNP13
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 84Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 135
Judgments
Fidler v FSS & Reigate and Banstead BC [2004] EWCA Civ 1295; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (no. 2) [2000] 2 PLR 102

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