Redeham Hall Industrial Yard, Redehall Road, Smallfield, Surrey, RH6 9RJ

demolition of workshop and storage buildings, erection of replacement buildings comprising 1no two-storey office building and 2no workshop buildings, extension of surface level car parking area, alterations to existing accesses hard landscaping and soft landscaping

Authority: Tandridge District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: employment-industrial · Major offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector: Dade E

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and relevant development plan policies.
The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

What decided it

The proposal did not cause substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt and was therefore not inappropriate development, removing the need to demonstrate very special circumstances.

the proposal's compliance with Framework paragraph 154(g) outweighed its conflict with the more restrictive Policy DP13(G), and with no other harm identified the appeal was allowed without the need to weigh benefits against Green Belt harm

Framework references: 153, 154, 155, 232, 143

Plan policies cited: Policy DP10, Policy DP13, Policy DP13(G), Policy DP13(I), Policy CSP18, Policy CSP21, Policy DP7, Policy CSP14

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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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