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Allowed4 October 20223257912

Orchard Cottage Riding Stables, Babylon Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 6XA

Planning appeal 3257912 at Orchard Cottage Riding Stables, Babylon Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, KT20 6XA (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was allowed on 4 October 2022 by Inspector Jackson P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the loss of the recreational use of the site would be justifiable having regard to national and local policy.

demolition of a redundant riding school and the erection of four new dwellings, access and associated landscaping

Authority
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Jackson P
Postcode
KT20 6XA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the loss of the recreational use of the site would be justifiable having regard to national and local policy

What decided it

The prospect of the riding school resuming operation without additional land being made available was remote, and the significant benefits of providing new housing on previously developed land in the Green Belt outweighed the loss of the recreational use.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS12INF2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 97Paragraph 98Paragraph 99Paragraph 149

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