Land at Rolls Farmhouse, Partridge Lane, Newdigate, RH5 5BW

Planning appeal 3289175 at Land at Rolls Farmhouse, Partridge Lane, Newdigate, RH5 5BW (Surrey County Council) was dismissed on 9 January 2023 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

described on the application form as: ‘Change of use of land, existing storage bays and existing building for the storage and sorting of green waste. Erection of roof on storage barn and retaining bund

Authority: Surrey County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: minerals-waste · Change of use
Inspector: Douglas L
Postcode: RH5 5BW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effect of the proposed development on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether the appeal site is an acceptable location for waste management development, having regard to the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033
The effect of the proposed development on local landscape character
Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing harm to its openness, fail to accord with the plan-led approach to waste management development in the Surrey Waste Local Plan, and harm local landscape character, with no very special circumstances to justify the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 9 of the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033Policy RUD19 of the Mole Valley Local Plan 2000Policy 2 of the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033Policy 10 of the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033Policy 13 of the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033Policy 14 of the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033Policy ENV4 of the Mole Valley Local Plan 2000Policy ENV22 of the Mole Valley Local Plan 2000Policy CS13 of the Mole Valley Core Strategy 2009Policy CS15 of the Mole Valley Core Strategy 2009Policy 1 of the Surrey Waste Local Plan 2019-2033
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150

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