®Planning appeal decision
Bones Lane, Newchapel, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6HR
Planning appeal 3341199 at Bones Lane, Newchapel, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6HR (Tandridge District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 12 September 2024 by Inspector Pleasant L, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the unauthorised mixed use, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
Without planning permission, the material change of use of the Land to a mixed use of residential and agriculture, the stationing of a residential campervan, stationing of shipping containers, parking of a commercial lorry, parking of a horsebox, the creation of an access with associated hardstanding and the laying of a separate hardstanding in the approximate area shaded blue on the attached
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pleasant L
- Postcode
- RH7 6HR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm resulting from the unauthorised mixed use, is clearly outweighed by other considerations to provide the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development.
What decided it
The other considerations, including unmet need for traveller sites and the appellant's personal circumstances, did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt and moderate harm to character and appearance, so very special circumstances were not established.
The substantial harm from inappropriateness and loss of openness, together with moderate harm to character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by the moderate weight given to unmet need, lack of alternative sites, lack of a 5-year supply of deliverable sites, and personal circumstances, so the appeal was dismissed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP10Policy CSP9Policy CSP17Policy DP19Policy CSP18Policy DP7
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.