®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Croydon Barn Lane, South Godstone, Surrey, RH6 6JY
Planning appeal 3291909 at Land North of Croydon Barn Lane, South Godstone, Surrey, RH6 6JY (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 4 May 2023 by Inspector Phillips B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy, including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purpose of the Green Belt.
change of use of land to private equestrian purposes, along with the erection of a building to accommodate three stables, a hay barn and tack room together with a manège
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Phillips B
- Postcode
- RH6 9JY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework and development plan policy, including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purpose of the Green Belt
- If the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The scale of the building and development and its siting in an undeveloped and isolated position would not preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would conflict with the Green Belt purpose of safeguarding the countryside from encroachment, and the other considerations identified do not clearly outweigh this harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP10Policy DP13Policy DP17Policy DP19Policy CSP17Policy CSP21
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 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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