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Dismissed19 October 20266006780

East House, Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 2TU

Planning appeal 6006780 at East House, Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 2TU (Woking Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

the construction of 2 no. detached houses on site of existing buildings to be demolished without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref PLAN/2025/0282, dated 09.06.2025 (Section 73 application for variation of Condition 02 (approved plans) of planning permission ref: PLAN/2017/0735).  The conditions in dispute are Nos 01 (approved plans), 06 (access and parking layout), 07 (hard landscaping and boundary treatments), 09 (soft landscaping), 12 (extent of curtilages) which state that: “01. The approved plans relating to the development hereby permitted are: 892 101 (Site Location), dated June 2017 [as was submitted and approved under planning permission ref: PLAN/2017/0735

Authority
Woking Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Postcode
GU21 2TU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area
  • if the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way 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 it

What decided it

the proposal constituted inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, which was not clearly outweighed by the very limited weight of other considerations, so no very special circumstances existed

the very limited weight attributed to the other considerations did not clearly outweigh the substantial Green Belt harm by way of inappropriateness and harm to openness, together with the harm to character and appearance, and so very special circumstances did not exist

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS6Policy DM13Policy CS21Policy CS24
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy S3Policy S5Policy GB2Policy GB6Policy GB7Policy GB8Policy TR3
Judgments
Mole Valley District Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWHC 2127 (Admin)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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