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Dismissed6 March 20263372337

Land at Hathersham Lane, Smallfield, Surrey, RH6 9JG

Planning appeal 3372337 at Land at Hathersham Lane, Smallfield, Surrey, RH6 9JG (Surrey County Council) was dismissed on 6 March 2026 by Inspector Curnow R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.

Aggregates recycling facility, including the importation and processing of Construction, Demolition and Excavation waste with ancillary scrap metal processing as a product of waste processing and separation within land area shown on drawing 0207 (A2) WBH0207 Map of convergence 3

Authority
Surrey County Council
Appeal type
ldc · Lawful Development Certificate
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
minerals-waste · Mineral working
Inspector
Curnow R
Postcode
RH6 9JG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue is whether the Council's decision to refuse to issue a certificate of lawfulness was well-founded.

What decided it

The introduction of a scrap metal enterprise in 2020 constituted a material change of use that broke the continuity of the certificate use for 6-7 months, defeating the claim to immunity from enforcement.

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