®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Caravan Site, Beech Farm Road, WARLINGHAM, CR6 9QG
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
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.
Framework references: 174
Plan policies cited: DP10, DP13, DP7, DP19, CSP9, CSP17, CSP18, CSP20, CSP21
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.