Green Lane — Planning Application Returns#

This is a signposted planning matter, not a Farnham Voice survey. The links below take you directly to Waverley Borough Council’s planning portal so you can read the documents and comment for yourself.

A new planning application has been submitted for the Green Lane site.

This is the same site that was proposed for housing in 2023 under application WA/2023/00169, which was refused by Waverley Borough Council.

Key dates

• Comments due by: 12 August 2026
• Decision expected by: 23 September 2026

If you wish to comment, do so through the council’s planning portal (linked under Current application) before the comments deadline.

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 current application on the planning portal →

Review the plans#

If this proposal is of interest to you, we encourage you to review the application documents. Scroll to the bottom of the application page and open the PDF files labelled “Plan” to view the submitted drawings and supporting information.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the proposal, we encourage you to contact your local ward councillors.

As always, we encourage everyone to review the application for themselves before forming a view.