®Planning appeal decision
Land at Allesley Farm, Farleigh Road, Warlingham, CR6 9PE
Planning appeal 3322983 at Land at Allesley Farm, Farleigh Road, Warlingham, CR6 9PE (Tandridge District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 27 February 2025 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Revised Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect on character and appearance of the surrounding area (taking into consideration its location within the Conservation Area and Area of Great Landscape Value) and on the setting of the Grade II listed building at Elm Farm House.
‘Retrospective use of the land and buildings for car sales’
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Change of use
- Inspector
- Bond V
- Postcode
- CR6 9PE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Revised Framework and relevant development plan policies, including the effect on character and appearance of the surrounding area (taking into consideration its location within the Conservation Area and Area of Great Landscape Value) and on the setting of the Grade II listed building at Elm Farm House
- The effect of the appeal development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the appeal development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- 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 appeal development
What decided it
The appeal development, being a low-intensity car sales use in existing buildings with a largely concealed position, preserves Green Belt openness and the character and appearance of the Conservation Area and listed building setting, and does not materially harm neighbouring living conditions, thereby falling within the paragraph 154(h) exception for re-use of buildings.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP10Policy DP13Policy DP20Policy DP7Policy CSP20Policy CSP21Policy CSP18
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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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