Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed1 October 20253367756

28 Orchard Road, Smallfield, RH6 9QP

Planning appeal 3367756 at 28 Orchard Road, Smallfield, RH6 9QP (Tandridge District Council) was allowed on 1 October 2025 by Inspector Metcalfe P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Its effect on the character and appearance of the area.

one front dormer, one rear dormer, hip to gable

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Metcalfe P
Postcode
RH6 9QP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Its effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The planning permission granted to No. 32 for a similar dormer nearby made it unreasonable to dismiss this appeal, notwithstanding the dormer's disproportionate scale and unsatisfactory design.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CSP18DP7DP11

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

50 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Tandridge District Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2025

  1. Allowed29 October 20266006369
    Land at Thornhill, Westerham Road, Limpsfield, Oxted, RH8 0ED
  2. Dismissed26 October 20266014139
    31a Banstead Road, Caterham, CR3 5QH
  3. Dismissed15 October 20266005184
    Streathbourne House, 75 Redehall Road, Smallfield, RH6 9QA
  4. Dismissed14 October 20266008351
    Development Site West of Southwood, Waller Lane, Caterham, CR3 5EA
  5. Dismissed13 October 20266007518
    Rosemary Cottage, Smallfield Road, Horne, Horley, RH6 9JP

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.