®Planning appeal decision
Lingfield House, East Grinstead Road, LINGFIELD, RH7 6ES
The conversion of Lingfield House and development of the site to provide an integrated retirement community (Use Class C2) comprising up to 107 independent living apartments and cottages together with associated communal facilities and amenity space provision, a new medical centre (Use Class E), public open space, a reconfigured access from East Grinstead Road and footway improvement works
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Catchpole R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the GB and the effect of the proposal on its openness and purposes
- whether or not there is any 'other harm' that would result from the appeal proposal with particular regard to the visual effect on the surrounding area
- whether or not any harm to the GB by reason of inappropriateness, and any 'other harm' identified as arising from the appeal proposal, would be clearly outweighed by 'other considerations', so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The substantial weight attached to the housing land supply, extra care accommodation and new medical centre benefits clearly and demonstrably outweighed the substantial Green Belt harm and limited other harm, amounting to very special circumstances.
The substantial Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and loss of openness) and limited harm to character and appearance were clearly and demonstrably outweighed by benefits including substantial weight for housing land supply, extra care accommodation and the medical centre, and lesser weight for other benefits, so amounting to very special circumstances justifying the grant of permission.
Framework references: 11, 56, 116, 117, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155, 156
Plan policies cited: CSP18, DP7, DP10 B, DP13 E, DP20, DP19, DP21, DP22, CSP16, CSP21, CSP17, CSP14
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