Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Dismissed16 January 20263370905

Talboys Hall Hill, Oxted, RH8 9PA

Planning appeal 3370905 at Talboys Hall Hill, Oxted, RH8 9PA (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 16 January 2026 by Inspector Lo S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Broadham Green and Spring Lane Conservation Area.

the erection of a bungalow (custom - self build & age friendly), with associated car barn, parking, and landscaping

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Lo S
Postcode
RH8 9PA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether or not the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Broadham Green and Spring Lane Conservation Area

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area, to which great weight must be attached under paragraph 212 of the Framework, outweighs the moderate public benefits of the proposal and provides a strong reason for refusal that disengages the presumption in favour of development under paragraph 11.

The benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision, to which moderate weight was attached, were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the conservation area, to which great weight was attached, resulting in the heritage balance and overall planning balance falling against the scheme

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CSP 18CSP 21DP7DP20
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 154Paragraph 212Paragraph 215

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

83 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 2026

  1. Dismissed13 October 20266007518
    Rosemary Cottage, Smallfield Road, Horne, Horley, RH6 9JP
  2. Dismissed23 September 20266008688
    Land Adjacent to Farm View Cottage, Lingfield Road, East Grinstead, RH19 2JW
  3. Dismissed5 August 20266007271
    Cotters Hill Farm, Bug Hill, Woldingham, CR3 7LB
  4. Dismissed2 June 20266004026
    Land Between Timbers & Tanglefields, Carlton Road,, Carlton Road,, South Godstone,, RH9 8LF
  5. Allowed21 May 20263374913
    Former Laporte Works Site , Nutfield Road, Nutfield , Surrey, RH1 4HG

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.