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Notice varied and upheld2 December 20243347924

Land at Stablefield, Church Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, CR3 0AR

Planning appeal 3347924 at Land at Stablefield, Church Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, CR3 0AR (Tandridge District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 2 December 2024 by Inspector Hocking P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework).

Without planning permission, the substantial demolition of an outbuilding and subsequent construction of a toilet block; the substantial demolition of two further outbuildings and the subsequent construction of an extension to existing building, including a new roof on that building with associated fenestration alterations, with the subsequent material change of use of the land to a religious/community centre (mixed use of F.1 and F.2 use-class)

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
community-institutional · Change of use
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
CR3 0AR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework)
  • the effect of the development on highway safety
  • whether the development is harmful to the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the development on ancient woodland and associated biodiversity
  • the effect of the development on neighbouring living conditions
  • If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The operational development (new building and extension) constituted inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm, compounded by unresolved highway safety and character/appearance harms, with no very special circumstances to outweigh this cumulative harm.

The substantial harm from inappropriate Green Belt development together with considerable harm to highway safety and character and appearance was not outweighed by the moderate weight afforded to the charity's use of the site, so very special circumstances did not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP10Policy DP7Policy DP19Policy CSP 12Policy CSP 18Policy CSP 21Policy CSP 17
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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