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Dismissed6 October 20266010006

Oaklands Farm, Smithwood Common, Cranleigh, GU6 8QY

Planning appeal 6010006 at Oaklands Farm, Smithwood Common, Cranleigh, GU6 8QY (Waverley Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 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 National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies.

the erection of a single storey detached ancillary outbuilding with mezzanine floor (retrospective)

Authority
Waverley Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder
Procedure
Written
Development
other
Postcode
GU6 8QY

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
  • the effect of the proposal on the Surrey Hills National Landscape and the Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV)
  • 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 development is an ancillary outbuilding rather than a dwelling and therefore does not contribute to meeting the evidenced unmet need for housing, failing criterion (ii) of Policy GB7(1)g and rendering it inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.

the other considerations put forward provide limited support for development and do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt, and very special circumstances do not exist

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy RE2 of the Local Plan (Part 1) (2018)Policy DM14 of the Local Plan (Part 2) (2023)Policy RE3 of the Local Plan (Part 1) 2018Policy TD1 of the Local Plan (Part 1) 2018Policy DM4 of the Local Plan (Part 2) 2023Policy DM15 of the Local Plan (Part 2) 2023Policy CRAN2 of the Cranleigh Neighbourhood Plan (2024)Policy CRAN3 of the Cranleigh Neighbourhood Plan (2024)Policy P4 of the Surrey Hills National Landscape Management Plan (2025-2030)
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy GB2Policy GB6Policy GB7Policy GB8Policy TR3
Judgments
Gambone v SSCLG v Wolverhampton CC [2014] EWHC 952 (Admin); Schneck v SSHCLG & West Berkshire DC [2022] EWHC 3335 (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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