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Allowed9 May 20253352066

Perrysfield Farm, Gibbs Brook Lane, Broadham Green Nr Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9PG

Planning appeal 3352066 at Perrysfield Farm, Gibbs Brook Lane, Broadham Green Nr Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9PG (Tandridge District Council) was allowed on 9 May 2025 by Inspector Wyborn D, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.

the erection of 29 dwellings (including 10 affordable and 10 homes for active older persons) through conversions, demolition and erection of dwellings, plus associated parking, drainage infrastructure, access improvements, new footpath, landscaping and associat ed works

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Wyborn D
Postcode
RH8 9PG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies
  • the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on designated heritage assets, including the Broadham Green and Spring Lane Conservation Area, and the Grade II Listed Perrysfield Farmhouse and the Grade II Listed Granary
  • whether or not the development would be in a suitable location having regard to sustainable transport options
  • whether or not 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 wide-ranging and substantial public benefits of the scheme (housing delivery, affordable and older persons' housing, design quality, biodiversity net gain and Green Belt openness improvements) clearly outweighed the Green Belt and heritage harm, establishing very special circumstances.

The substantial harm from inappropriate development in the Green Belt and the great-weight heritage harm (low to moderate less than substantial harm overall) were clearly outweighed by the very substantial combined benefits of the scheme, so very special circumstances existed and the proposal amounted to sustainable development under the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP10Policy DP13Policy DP20Policy DP5Policy CSP12Policy CSP4Policy CSP1Policy CSP2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 139Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 202Paragraph 212Paragraph 215
Judgments
Attorney-General ex rel Sutcliffe v Calderdale Borough Council [1983] JPL 310; R. (on the application of Hampshire CC) v Blackbushe Airport Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 398; Methuen-Campbell v Walters [1979] Q.B. 525, [1978] 6 WLUK 124

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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