Rowlands Farm Newchapel Road, Lingfield, RH7 6BJ

Planning appeal 3370123 at Rowlands Farm Newchapel Road, Lingfield, RH7 6BJ (Tandridge District Council) was allowed on 4 November 2025 by Inspector Gardner L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.

Erection of 9 dwellings following demolition of existing stables and removal of sand school

Authority: Tandridge District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Gardner L
Postcode: RH7 6BJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, triggering paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, meant that the moderate benefits of housing delivery on previously developed land were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited harm from the site's accessibility to services.

The conflict with the development plan in relation to accessibility and sustainable transport modes was given limited weight, and the moderate benefits of nine dwellings on previously developed land, together with social and economic benefits, were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by these adverse effects when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, so permission was granted

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DP5Policy DP1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 154Paragraph 11

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