®Planning appeal decision
Headley Court, Epsom, KT18 6JW
Planning appeal 3292182 at Headley Court, Epsom, KT18 6JW (Mole Valley District Council) was allowed on 8 November 2022 by Inspector Morrison J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
reserved matters application in respect of layout, scale, external appearance of buildings, car parking and landscaping and discharge of planning conditions 3 (Materials and Surfaces), 4 (Boundary Treatments), 6 (Travel Plan), 9 (CEMP), 10 (LEMP), 13 (Site Investigations), 16 (SUDS), 17 (Soil Survey) and 19 (Tree Planting) pursuant to outline planning permission MO/2020/0185 for the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment to comprise up to 70 residential units (Use Class C3), landscaping, car parking, access routes and other associated works
- Authority
- Mole Valley District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Morrison J
- Postcode
- KT18 6JW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance of the area
- If the appeal scheme would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whether the 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 necessary to justify it
What decided it
The site's allocation for housing in the adopted development plan combined with the extant outline planning permission for the same number of units, together with the absence of harm to character and appearance and the potential for improvement, amounted to very special circumstances that clearly outweighed the harm to Green Belt openness.
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness by reason of inappropriateness was outweighed by the very special circumstances comprising the site's housing allocation, extant outline permission, improvement to character and appearance, and the Council's prior acceptance of Green Belt effects, such that the appeal was allowed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV22Policy ENV23Policy CS13Policy CS14Policy ENV24
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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