®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Old Farleigh Road, Farleigh, Surrey, CR6 9PE
erection of crematorium and memorial gardens together with car parking, landscaping works and associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Small M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to the location of the site within an Area of Great Landscape Value
- whether any harm, by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposals
What decided it
The identified Green Belt and landscape/character harms were not clearly outweighed by the other considerations relied upon, so very special circumstances to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt were not established.
The benefits relied on (need, biodiversity net gain, economic benefits, competition, equality of opportunity), taken in combination, attracted significant weight but did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes and the moderate harm to character and appearance, so the balance tipped against the proposal.
Framework references: 11, 85, 93, 105, 137, 138, 148, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy DP10, Policy DP13, Policy DP22, Policy DP7, Policy DP18, Policy CSP 18, Policy CSP 20, Policy CSP 21, Policy CSP 13, Policy CSP 1
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.