®Planning appeal decision
LAND TO THE SOUTH OF PIPPEN MANOR, WALLISWOOD GREEN ROAD, WALLIS WOOD, RH5 5QJ
for the erection of a timber framed barn for agricultural machinery storage
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural
- 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
Framework references: 57, 88, 115, 116, 135, 187, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy EN2, Policy EC6, Policy INF1, Policy EN9, Policy EC7
Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]; Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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.