®Planning appeal decision
Limpsfield Lawn Tennis Club, Detillens Lane, Limpsfield, Surrey, RH8 0DH
the erection of 18 x 7m high floodlights on courts 2, 3, 4 and 5 without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref TA/2012/299, dated 23 May 2012
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Redford R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying the conditions would have on the living conditions of the occupants of the nearby residential properties in relation to light pollution, noise and disturbance
What decided it
The presence or absence of intervening development and screening between the floodlit courts and the nearest residential properties determined whether extension of illumination hours would cause significant harm to living conditions.
The private benefit to the club of extended tennis scheduling was outweighed by the protection of residential amenity for courts 2-5, but for courts 6-8 the additional screening and central location meant no significant harm would result, allowing the variation.
Plan policies cited: Policy BE1, Policy RT6, Policy EV9, Policy CSP18, Policy DP7, Policy DP22
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