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Allowed3 August 20223284333

Oakhill Education Trust, Little Woodcote Centre Telegraph Track, Carshalton, SM5 4AZ

Planning appeal 3284333 at Oakhill Education Trust, Little Woodcote Centre Telegraph Track, Carshalton, SM5 4AZ (London Borough of Sutton) was allowed on 3 August 2022 by Inspector Glassar S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

a change of use of school to a community store (sui generis) with ancillary storage

Authority
London Borough of Sutton
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector
Glassar S
Postcode
SM5 4AZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • Would harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal accords with NPPF Paragraph 150(d) as reuse of a permanent and substantial building that preserves openness and does not conflict with Green Belt purposes, outweighing the conflict with the more restrictive Local Plan Policy 24.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 24 of the Sutton Local Plan 2018Policy G2 of the London Plan 2021
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 147Paragraph 150Paragraph 138

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