®Planning appeal decision
Gadbrook Cottage, Little Abbots Farm, Snowerhill Road, Betchworth, Surrey, RH3 7AQ
the demolition of outbuilding. Erection of detached dwelling with associated parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- De Freitas Terceiro P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies, including its effect on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to its openness, and the other considerations do not amount to very special circumstances to clearly outweigh this harm.
The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight of other considerations (housing delivery, economic benefits, self-build provision), so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 143, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy EN1
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.