Land adjacent to Oaklands Drive, Copthorne Bank, Copthorne

Appeal 6011736 · Tandridge District Council · Planning Inspector · decided 22 September 2026 · dismissed

Erection of seven dwellings with access, garaging and parking, in the Green Belt.

Cited in: 5. Walking routes and stations

Why this is cited. This appeal shows the same test: a mainly unlit walk meant journeys on foot “would not be attractive to the majority of occupants”, so the location was not sustainable under TR3, even with a Connectivity Tool score the same as Poynton's.

Key points

Route: "journeys on foot and bike would not be attractive to the majority of occupants" (¶7).

Quotations are from the officer report, decision notice or appeal decision letter, with page (p.) or paragraph (¶) numbers. Read the decision itself for the full reasoning.

Summarised for the note on Stratford decisions under the August 2026 NPPF. Not legal advice. Back to the note.