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Dismissed10 July 20266004810

Land to the South of Pippen Manor, Walliswood Green Road, Wallis Wood, RH5 5QJ

Planning appeal 6004810 at Land to the South of Pippen Manor, Walliswood Green Road, Wallis Wood, RH5 5QJ (Mole Valley District Council) was dismissed on 10 July 2026 by Inspector Kate Williams, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed barn is reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture.

for the erection of a timber framed barn for agricultural machinery storage

Authority
Mole Valley District Council
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Hearing
Development
agricultural
Inspector
Kate Williams
Postcode
RH5 5QJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed barn is reasonably necessary for the purposes of agriculture
  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety
  • the effect of the proposal on ecological interests, with particular regard to protected species and irreplaceable habitats
  • whether the proposal would deliver BNG

What decided it

The combination of significant harm to highway safety and substantial harm to protected species and irreplaceable ancient woodland, alongside the failure to justify the building as agricultural, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of the scheme.

the modest benefits (potential BNG delivery and functional storage/welfare benefits) were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the modest harm from unjustified agricultural development, significant harm to highway safety, and substantial harm to protected species and ancient woodland

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy EN2Policy EC6Policy INF1Policy EN9Policy EC7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 57Paragraph 88Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 135Paragraph 187Paragraph 193
Judgments
Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)

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