®Planning appeal decision
Land at The Haywain, Oxted, RH8 9LL
Planning appeal 3312904 at Land at The Haywain, Oxted, RH8 9LL (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 25 May 2023 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be acceptable in terms of its location, land use and amount of development, including whether it would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to local and national planning policy, and its effect on the character and appearance of the area.
1 to 2 dwellings
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- RH8 9LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be acceptable in terms of its location, land use and amount of development, including whether it would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to local and national planning policy, and its effect on the character and appearance of the area
- 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 development in the Green Belt
What decided it
The substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the significant harm to character and appearance, cumulatively, were not clearly outweighed by the modest housing benefits of 1-2 dwellings, such that very special circumstances did not exist.
the adverse impacts of development on character and appearance and harm to the Green Belt significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of providing 1-2 market dwellings
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSP1Policy DP10(A)Policy DP10(B)Policy DP13Policy DP13(I)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 90Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 150Paragraph 130Paragraph 11
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.