®Planning appeal decision
School Plantation, Barrow Green Road, Oxted, RH8 9NE
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
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.
Framework references: 137, 138, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy DP10, Policy DP13, Policy CSP18, Policy CSP21, Policy DP7, Policy DP9
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