Dorking West Station Yard, Ranmore Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH14 1HU

a materials recycling facility including a building for the bulking up and processing of mixed skip waste, an office / welfare facility, storage units, skip storage, entrance gates and installation of an acoustic fence

Authority: Surrey County Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: minerals-waste · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Wilkinson S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not it is inappropriate development and the effect of the proposal on openness and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
Its effects on highway safety
Its effects on the environmental conditions of surrounding occupiers with specific reference to dust, fumes and noise
Its effects on living conditions and safety with regard to water quality

What decided it

The absence of comprehensive details on highway safety mitigation, dust and noise management plans, and surface water drainage safeguards for a sensitive location near source water protection zones meant the scheme could not comply with adopted environmental and safety policies.

Framework references: 153, 143, 85

Plan policies cited: MVLP EN1, SWLP policy 9, SWLP15, MVLP INF1, SWLP14, MVLP EN12, MVLP INF3, SWLP 1, SWLP 3, SWLP 10, SWLP14b)

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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