Oxted & Limpsfield Residents Group and Oxted Parish Council have been awarded full costs against Croudace due to the developer withdrawing part of the way through a planning appeal and giving no reason. The award has been made by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. A letter received yesterday notifying OLRG and the Parish Council of the costs award stated: “The Appellant withdrew the appeal on the 6th day of the Inquiry. This is an extrem Continued
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A decision is awaited on the planning appeal by developers Cala Homes against Tandridge District Council’s refusal of planning permission for 116 dwellings on land at the back of Chichele Road. The Inquiry was held for 7 days in September and October and was carried out by a government Planning Inspector. The planning application (number 2023 ... Continued
A four day Public Inquiry is being held into an appeal against two enforcement notices served by Tandridge District Council on a caravan site on Green Belt land at Tanhouse Road in Oxted. The Inquiry by a Planning Inspector, which has twice been postponed, will be at the council offices in Oxted. It is open to the public and is scheduled to start at ... Continued
In December 2022, several caravans moved onto the Tanhouse Road site and work began to lay hard surfacing and install drainage to connect to utility supplies. In September 2023, the landowner pleaded guilty at Staines Magistrates Court and was fined for failing to comply with the terms of a Temporary Stop Notice and a Stop Notice served on him and o ... Continued
The mobile phone mast that was erected in August at a location on the south side of the A25 going towards Westerham has been taken down. The temporary mast, that could stay in situ for up to 18 months, was put up without any explanation or notice bein ... Continued ...
Developers Southern Gravel Ltd (SGL) have submitted a planning application to Surrey County Council to build 75 houses on the Oxted quarry site in Chalkpit Lane. If permission is given by Surrey County Council, the door would be opened to other housin ... Continued ...
Tandridge District Council news release - 22 September 2023 Successful prosecution of unauthorised caravan site owner On Thursday 21 September, at Staines Magistrates’ Court, Michael Moloney pleaded guilty to contraventions under the Town and ... Continued ...
The Woodhurst Lane planning application has been withdrawn today, 4 December 2023. Developers Raven Housing Trust had submitted an application for 19 affordable houses on Green Belt to the west of Woodhurst Lane on land adjacent to Stonehall Farm. ... Continued ...
A planning application has been submitted for a 64 bed care home to be built on the site of the Grasshopper Inn on the A25 near Westerham. The building has become increasingly run down over the past few years as various planning proposals for redevelop ... Continued ...
Gatwick Airport has submitted an application to the Planning Inspectorate to convert its current emergency runway, the northern runway, into a second operational runway. The application is to rebuild the runway, currently used as a standby and for main ... Continued ...
On Tuesday 7 June, the High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction against Best Holdings (UK) Limited, Kevin Vardet and persons unknown, to stop unauthorised Gatwick airport parking on land at School Plantation, Barrow Green Road, Oxted. On 13 A ... Continued ...
The boundary of the local Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is being reviewed. It means that areas currently outside of the Surrey Hills AONB could be added and given a high level of protection. The Oxted, Hurst Green and Limpsfield areas are ... Continued ...
A Planning Inspector has allowed an appeal against Tandridge District Council’s refusal of planning permission for a crematorium on Green Belt at the junction of Barrow Green Road and the A25. The Council refused the application by developers ... Continued ...
Gatwick Airport has started a 12 week public consultation on its £500m plan to bring its existing northern runway into routine use as a second runway. The consultation runs from September 9 to December 1. If you would like to respond to the con ... Continued ...
