Branford Wells (1-5 South View Barns), Brickhouse Lane, Newchapel

6010313·Tandridge·4 Sept 2026dismissed·5 dwellings·Green Belt

Summary

Conversion of a barn complex to five dwellings in the Tandridge Green Belt, where supply is 1.97 years. Grey belt and unmet need were accepted, but GB7(1)(g)(iii) failed: the site is on a 40 mph lane with no footways or lighting, away from settlements and buses. As inappropriate development causing openness, heritage (Grade II setting), character and amenity harm, it did not show VSC even with an acute shortfall. Dismissed.

The location finding

GB7(1)(g)(iii): fail. five dwellings in an area with very few homes = significant movement "in this context"; rural, away from settlements, facilities and buses; 40 mph lane without footways or lighting (DL 12-14)
TR3: fail. no genuine choice of transport modes (DL 12, 14)

Route facts recorded

Brickhouse Lane 40 mph, no footways, no street lighting; site "away from settlements, facilities and bus services"

What made the difference

Location. The site is isolated from settlements and buses, on an unlit 40 mph lane with no footway, which failed limb (iii) and made the scheme inappropriate. Heritage harm independently failed HE6. Even an acute 1.97-year supply only earned moderate weight for five homes. A site adjoining a settlement with a footway, or a scheme confined to the LDC fallback footprint, might have succeeded.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · case file cases/PINS-6010313.md

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