®Planning appeal decision
Highfield Heights Farm Guildford Road, Runfold, FARNHAM, GU10 1PN
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
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
Framework references: 11, 14, 84, 110, 115, 116, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy ST1, Policy DM15, Policy DM9, Policy RE1, Policy TD1, Policy DM4, Policy FNP1, Policy FNP10, Policy FNP30, Policy NE1, Policy FNP13
Judgments cited: Fidler v FSS & Reigate and Banstead BC [2004] EWCA Civ 1295; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSETR (no. 2) [2000] 2 PLR 102
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.