®Planning appeal decision
Tamworth Farm, Dean Oak Lane, Leigh, RH2 8PY
Planning appeal 3265720 at Tamworth Farm, Dean Oak Lane, Leigh, RH2 8PY (Mole Valley District Council) was dismissed on 1 July 2021 by Inspector MacLeod R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
creation of 2 No. 2 storey dwellings following demolition of existing 2 storey stable barn and conversion of existing single storey barn (partial demolition of central bay) to create 2 single storey dwellings
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- MacLeod R
- Postcode
- RH2 8PY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the adequacy of living conditions for future occupiers in relation to privacy between the dwellings and noise and disturbance from the existing use of the site
- if it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt with harm to openness, and the benefits of four additional dwellings do not clearly outweigh the substantial weight that must be afforded to harm to the Green Belt.
The benefits of providing four family dwellings and contributing to housing need in a district unable to meet Government targets were outweighed by the substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development and loss of openness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS1 of the Mole Valley Core Strategy (2009)Saved Policy ENV22 of the Mole Valley Local Plan (2000)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145Paragraph 146Paragraph 134Paragraph 143Paragraph 180Paragraph 11Paragraph 117Paragraph 118Paragraph 144
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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