Sawmills, Green Lane, Outwood, Redhill, Surrey , RH1 5QP

Planning appeal 3367332 at Sawmills, Green Lane, Outwood, Redhill, Surrey , RH1 5QP (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 15 September 2025 by Inspector Wilkinson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the scheme is inappropriate development and the effect of the proposal on the openness and the purposes of including land in the Green Belt.

part change of use of land and buildings from Class E, B2 and B8 use and sawmill use, to use of land and buildings for Class E, B2 and B8, sawmill and a car repair, restoration and sales area, together with the removal of hardstanding (1062 sqm), construction of a car park and the erection of fencing

Authority: Tandridge District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Wilkinson S
Postcode: RH1 5QP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the scheme is inappropriate development and the effect of the proposal on the openness and the purposes of including land in the Green Belt
Whether other considerations clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and any other harm so as to amount to the very special circumstances

What decided it

The proposed parking and sales area would be located on previously undeveloped land outside the CLEUD boundary, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with harm to openness that is not outweighed by very special circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: DP10DP13
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 143Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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