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Planning permission granted11 May 20233284447

Land Adjacent to Caravan Site, Beech Farm Road, Warlingham, CR6 9QG

Planning appeal 3284447 at Land Adjacent to Caravan Site, Beech Farm Road, Warlingham, CR6 9QG (Tandridge District Council) was allowed on 11 May 2023 by Inspector Madge M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on Green Belt openness and purposes.

without planning permission, the material change of use of the land from woodland to use for the stationing of residential caravans and touring caravans for residential purposes

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Madge M
Postcode
CR6 9QG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on Green Belt openness and purposes
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect on biodiversity
  • Whether a safe and suitable access can be achieved
  • Whether the harm to Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The combination of unmet Gypsy and Traveller need, the Council's persistent failure to maintain a five-year supply of deliverable sites, lack of alternative sites, and the personal circumstances of the families with young children amounted to very special circumstances clearly outweighing the identified Green Belt and other harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
DP10DP13DP7DP19CSP9CSP17CSP18CSP20CSP21
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174

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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