®Planning appeal decision
Kerlyn Farm, Dowlands Lane, Crawley, Surrey, RH10 3HX
the erection of a purpose designed office building with ancillary storage/packing areas on part of the sand school and paddock area to the northern end of the Kerlyn Farm site. The building will be used as a high quality office environment (falling within Class B1 Offices of the Use Classes Order) in connection with the owners long established business
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Glassar S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with specific regard to the proposed access arrangements
- The effect of the proposed development on flood risk
- The effect of the proposed development on ecology
- Would harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations. If so, would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal.
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause substantial harm to its openness and character, and the limited benefits to the business owners are insufficient to constitute very special circumstances to justify the development.
Framework references: 149, 148, 130, 111, 167, 174
Plan policies cited: DP10, DP13, DP7, DP5, DP21, DP19, CSP18, CSP21, CSP12, CSP11, CSP15, CSP17
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