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Allowed30 September 20213272384

Land off Oxted Road (A25), Oxted, Surrey

Planning appeal 3272384 at Land off Oxted Road (A25), Oxted, Surrey (Tandridge District Council) was allowed on 30 September 2021 by Inspector Price J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the proposal's effects in respect of the purposes of Green Belt policy.

a crematorium with ceremony hall, memorial areas, garden of remembrance and associated parking and infrastructure

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
community-institutional · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
RH8 9NG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the proposal's effects in respect of the purposes of Green Belt policy
  • its effects on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
  • whether the Green Belt and any other harm would be clearly outweighed by the need for, and benefits of, the proposal, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the scheme

What decided it

The very substantial weight attached to the significant and growing unmet need for crematorium facilities in the area, which clearly outweighed the moderate Green Belt and landscape/AONB setting harm identified.

the substantial weight given to Green Belt inappropriateness and moderate harm to openness and the AONB setting was clearly outweighed by the very substantial weight attached to crematorium need, together with incidental biodiversity and economic benefits, amounting to very special circumstances

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP10Policy CSP 18Policy DP 7Policy CSP 20
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 130Paragraph 176Paragraph 148Paragraph 162
Judgments
Turner v SSCLG & East Dorset Council [2016] EWCA Civ 466; Stroud DC v SSCLG [2015] EWHC 488

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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