®Planning appeal decision
Torwood Farm Torwood Lane, WHYTELEAFE, CR3 0HD
demolition of existing buildings and construction of 2 detached houses along with associated access and landscaping
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bowyer J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- if the development would be inappropriate, 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 it
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness by reason of inappropriateness and harm to character and appearance was not clearly outweighed by the housing benefit and use of PDL, so very special circumstances did not exist.
Substantial weight to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and loss of openness) and some harm to character and appearance, against great weight to housing delivery benefit and significant weight to use of PDL; the balance did not clearly favour the development.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CSP18, Policy CSP21, Policy DP7, Policy DP10, Policy DP13, Policy CCW4, Policy CCW5
Judgments cited: R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) (Respondents) v North Yorkshire County Council (Appellant) [2020] UKSC 3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.