Eyhurst Farm House, Outwood Lane, Kingswood

6003001·Reigate and Banstead·21 Sept 2026dismissed·1 dwellings·Green Belt

Summary

Demolition of a curtilage-listed stables building (used as a dwelling) and a new single-storey dwelling in an adjoining open field in the Metropolitan Green Belt. The land was grey belt, but GB7(1)(g) failed for want of evidenced unmet need and a sustainable location. It was not a "replacement" under GB7(1)(b) because it moved to a different site. Openness, character and heritage harms were unjustified, and no VSC was shown. Dismissed.

The location finding

GB7(1)(g)(iii): fail. "not in a sustainable location", though one dwelling would not generate significant movement (DL 7)

What made the difference

Relocating the "replacement" into an open field destroyed the GB7(1)(b) argument, and the appellant produced no unmet-need evidence for (g)(ii). Heritage failings (loss of a curtilage-listed building with a thin statement) would have sunk it anyway.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · case file cases/PINS-6003001.md

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