®Planning appeal decision
1 Whitegate Farm Eastbourne Road, Blindley Heath, Lingfield, RH7 6LG
Planning appeal 3324919 at 1 Whitegate Farm Eastbourne Road, Blindley Heath, Lingfield, RH7 6LG (Tandridge District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 11 December 2024 by Inspector Franks Z, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeals A, B, C (Ground b): whether the alleged material change of use and operational development constitute breaches of planning control.
reduction of an earth bund along Eastern Boundary to a height of 1.5m and soft landscaping (Retrospective)
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Franks Z
- Postcode
- RH7 6LG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeals A, B, C (Ground b): whether the alleged material change of use and operational development constitute breaches of planning control
- Appeal D: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt; the effect on openness of the Green Belt; whether harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations constituting very special circumstances
- Appeal E: whether the Council's decision to refuse to grant a certificate of lawful use or development for hardstanding was well-founded
What decided it
Appeals A, B, C: the addition of one caravan to a site with lawful mixed residential use does not constitute a material change of use; Appeal D: the benefits to living conditions and environmental improvements clearly outweigh the limited harm to Green Belt openness; Appeal E: the applicant's failure to precisely identify the area of hardstanding and provide compelling evidence of its extent.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Tandridge District Core Strategy 2008Tandridge Local Plan 2014
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 143Paragraph 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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision
More decisions in Tandridge District Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024
- Allowed29 October 20266006369Land at Thornhill, Westerham Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, RH8 0ED
- Dismissed14 October 20266008351Development Site West of Southwood, Waller Lane, Caterham, CR3 5EA
- Dismissed13 October 20266007518Rosemary Cottage, Smallfield Road, Horne, Horley, RH6 9JP
- Dismissed23 September 20266008688Land Adjacent to Farm View Cottage, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2JW
- Dismissed22 September 20266011736Land Adjacent to Oaklands Drive, Copthorne Bank, Copthorne, RH10 3JD
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.