Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed15 May 20243332537

Land Fronting Lingfield Road, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 2JW

Planning appeal 3332537 at Land Fronting Lingfield Road, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 2JW (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 15 May 2024 by Inspector Carpenter C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

A self build, two-storey Passivhaus dwelling of exceptional quality, achieving an A+ embodied carbon rating, fully compliant with the requirements of Approved Document M4(3) for wheelchair accessible dwellings, to be appropriate for use by its elderly occupants. Extensive landscape and biodiversity improvements will be incorporated throughout the rest of the application site

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Carpenter C
Postcode
RH19 2JW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
  • the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • whether the proposal would be in a suitable location in respect to the settlement pattern and local services and facilities
  • 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 substantial weight required to be given to harm to the Green Belt by inappropriateness and openness, combined with considerable harm to the settlement pattern, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight given to self-build delivery and limited weights given to other considerations, so very special circumstances do not exist.

The substantial harm to the Green Belt by inappropriateness and considerable harm to openness, together with considerable harm to settlement pattern, were not clearly outweighed by moderate weight for self-build delivery and limited weights for economic benefits, energy efficiency, biodiversity enhancements, and design quality, so very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Tandridge Local Plan Part 2: Detailed Policies 2014 Policy DP10Tandridge Local Plan Part 2: Detailed Policies 2014 Policy DP13Tandridge Local Plan Part 2: Detailed Policies 2014 Policy DP1Tandridge District Core Strategy 2008 Policy CSP1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 84Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154

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 applied

The 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.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

79 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Tandridge District Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Allowed29 October 20266006369
    Land at Thornhill, Westerham Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, RH8 0ED
  2. Dismissed14 October 20266008351
    Development Site West of Southwood, Waller Lane, Caterham, CR3 5EA
  3. Dismissed13 October 20266007518
    Rosemary Cottage, Smallfield Road, Horne, Horley, RH6 9JP
  4. Dismissed23 September 20266008688
    Land Adjacent to Farm View Cottage, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2JW
  5. Dismissed22 September 20266011736
    Land 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.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.