Winding Wood, Tilford Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2ED

sensitive conversion and restoration of the existing garage and detached store in to studio and hobby accommodation ancillary to the main house, erection of a detached garage with alterations

Authority: Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Pearce J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of development plan policy and the National Planning Policy Framework
the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
the effect of the proposed development on protected species, with regard to bats
if it is inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and reduction in spatial openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and very special circumstances were not demonstrated.

Framework references: 154, 189

Plan policies cited: Policy RE2, Policy DM14, Policy NE1, Policy DM1

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