Green Lane — Planning Application Returns#

The public comment period for this application closed on 12 August 2026. A decision is expected by 23 September 2026. The information below is kept for reference.

This is a signposted planning matter, not a Farnham Voice survey. A planning application was submitted for the Green Lane site — the same site that was proposed for housing in 2023 under application WA/2023/00169, which was refused by Waverley Borough Council.

Previous officer’s report#

You can read the full officer’s report from the 2023 application here:

Read the 2023 officer’s report (PDF) →

Key findings from the previous decision#

The planning officer concluded that the application should be refused for a number of reasons, including:

• The proposal conflicted with the adopted Local Plan, the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan and national planning policy.
• The site is located outside the Badshot Lea settlement boundary and was considered contrary to the Council’s spatial strategy.
• The development would result in the loss of open countryside and would harm the strategic gap between Badshot Lea, Weybourne and Aldershot.
• The application did not provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that surface water could be managed without increasing flood risk.
• The ecological information submitted was insufficient to show that protected species would not be adversely affected.
• Surrey County Council, as Highway Authority, raised no objection on highway safety grounds, but this did not outweigh the wider planning policy concerns.
• Officers concluded there were no material planning considerations that justified departing from the adopted development plan.
• Significant weight was given to policies within the Farnham Neighbourhood Plan that seek to protect the countryside and settlement boundaries.
• The application was ultimately recommended for refusal on four principal grounds: conflict with planning policy, development outside the settlement boundary, inadequate drainage information and insufficient ecological evidence.
• Overall, the officer concluded that the identified environmental and policy harms outweighed the benefits of delivering new housing on the site.

Current application#

The new planning application can be viewed and commented on directly through Waverley Borough Council’s planning portal:

View the application on the planning portal →

The application documents, including submitted drawings and supporting information, are available on the planning portal above.