Honeysuckle Bottom Sawmill Site, Honeysuckle Bottom, East Horsley, KT24 5TD

Planning appeal 6011694 at Honeysuckle Bottom Sawmill Site, Honeysuckle Bottom, East Horsley, KT24 5TD (Guildford Borough Council) was allowed on 21 September 2026 by Inspector C Walker, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to its access to local services and facilities.

demolition of buildings, change of use of barn to a dwellinghouse with associated works and erection of two dwellinghouses, associated parking and landscaping

Authority: Guildford Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Inspector: C Walker
Postcode: KT24 5TD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to its access to local services and facilities
the effect of the proposal on adjacent ancient woodland and a site of nature conservation importance

What decided it

the collective housing, economic and environmental benefits of the proposal were found to substantially outweigh the harm from the site's unsustainable location, satisfying the exceptional circumstances test in Policy S5(4) of the Framework

the housing, economic and environmental benefits, attracting substantial weight, were found not to be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm from the site's unsustainable location, and the benefits weighed decisively in favour of granting planning permission

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ID3Policy P6Policy P7
National Planning Policy Framework: Policy S3Policy S5Policy HO11Policy N6

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