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Dismissed5 August 20266007271

Cotters Hill Farm, Bug Hill, Woldingham, CR3 7LB

Planning appeal 6007271 at Cotters Hill Farm, Bug Hill, Woldingham, CR3 7LB (Tandridge District Council) was dismissed on 5 August 2026 by Inspector H Miles, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 and any relevant development plan policies.

demolition of existing mobile home dwelling and erection of self-build chalet bungalow dwelling, together with associated car parking

Authority
Tandridge District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
residential
Inspector
H Miles
Postcode
CR3 7LB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2024 and any relevant development plan policies
  • The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area including with regard to the Area of Great Landscape Value (AGLV) and the Surrey Hills National Landscape (NL)
  • The effect of the proposed development on biodiversity
  • Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no qualifying exception, causes substantial harm to openness and landscape character, and the limited benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to constitute very special circumstances.

The substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness and loss of openness, combined with harm to the AGLV and National Landscape setting and unacceptable biodiversity effects, was not clearly outweighed by the limited economic and housing benefits, such that very special circumstances do not exist

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DP10Policy DP13Policy CSP20
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 154

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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