Chace Farm Stud, The Warren, Ashtead , Surrey, KT21 2SH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
• whether the development would be in an appropriate location, with particular regard to local development strategies and accessibility to services, facilities and footpaths
• whether any 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 required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply of deliverable housing sites triggered the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the Framework, and the benefits of meeting specialist Class C2 housing need for older people outweighed the locational disadvantages and modest conflict with development plan policies.

The adverse impacts of the development, comprising modest locational disadvantages and conflict with development plan policies, would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh its benefits in meeting specialist housing need for older people, delivering construction and employment benefits, and reducing vehicle movements from a previously developed site, when considered against the Framework; the presumption in favour of sustainable development therefore applied.