Planning appeal decision
Green Acre Norwood Hill, Horley, RH6 0HP
Planning appeal 3308288 at Green Acre Norwood Hill, Horley, RH6 0HP (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 May 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to local and national planning policy and any effects on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt.
a new timber framed garage with associated hard landscaping amendments
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- RH6 0HP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to local and national planning policy and any effects on openness and the purposes of the Green Belt
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to amount to very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm its openness, and the appellants have not demonstrated very special circumstances that would clearly outweigh this harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS3NHE5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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