Horley Town Football Club, The New Defence Anderson Way, HORLEY, RH6 8SP

a change of use of land from groundsman compound to builders’ storage compound

Authority: Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Naylor R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would result in the loss of Urban Open Space (UOS)
Impact on flood risk
Effect on the character and appearance of the area
Effects on living conditions of neighbouring residents with specific regard to outlook, noise and disturbance

What decided it

The proposal resulted in the loss of Urban Open Space without clear evidence of exceptional circumstances, and failed the sequential test for flood risk by not assessing reasonably available alternative sites in an appropriate catchment area.

Framework references: 130, 162, 168

Plan policies cited: Policy OSR1, Policy CCF2, Policy CS10, Policy DES1, Policy EMP3

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