®Planning appeal decision
Land at Long Acres Caravan Park, Newchapel Road, Lingfield, RH7 6LE
Planning appeal 6007078 at Land at Long Acres Caravan Park, Newchapel Road, Lingfield, RH7 6LE (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 7 August 2026 by Inspector R Lawrence, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development is acceptable in the Green Belt having regard to whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies; the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; and whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development.
Retrospective planning application for the siting of timber structures
- Authority
- Tandridge District Council
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- leisure-sport
- Inspector
- R Lawrence
- Postcode
- RH7 6LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development is acceptable in the Green Belt having regard to whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies; the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; and whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The timber structures constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances advanced to justify them.
no balancing exercise undertaken; the proposal fails at the threshold test of appropriateness
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DP10DP13
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 142Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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.
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