®Planning appeal decision
School Plantation, Barrow Green Road, Oxted, RH8 9NE
Planning appeal 3298871 at School Plantation, Barrow Green Road, Oxted, RH8 9NE (Tandridge District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 30 November 2022 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the walls are inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Without planning permission, the erection of walls over 1 metre in height on land adjacent to a highway used by vehicular traffic and the erection of a gate over 2 metres in height in the approximate position marked with a blue hatch on the attached plan
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- RH8 9NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the walls are inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the walls on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the walls on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The notice would not remedy the identified harms to the Green Belt and character and appearance if the walls were merely lowered, whereas granting permission subject to a finishing condition would provide a materially better outcome and constitute very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP10Policy DP13Policy CSP18Policy CSP21Policy DP7Policy DP9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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