Introduction
Every year the Council determines more than a thousand planning applications. These range from new houses, agricultural and commercial developments, additions to existing buildings and changes of use of land and buildings and display of advertisements, all of which affect the local community and environment. To help make these decisions the Council has a framework of detailed policies.
In December 2001 the Council adopted the Tandridge District Local Plan as the statutory local plan for the area.
On 15 October 2008 the Council adopted the Core Strategy which sets out new, key policies for the District. Therefore the Core Strategy must be read in conjunction with those parts of the Local Plan that are still in operation.
From 27th September 2007 some of the existing Local Plan policies ceased to have effect. With the adoption of the Core Strategy on 15 October 2008 further Local Plan policies have been superseded. The List of Local Plan policies retained after adoption of Core Strategy shows which local plan policies still apply, which have not been saved and which have been superseded.
It should be noted with the adoption of the Core Strategy, the Green Belt Settlements, as shown on the Local Plan proposals map have been deleted. Therefore until the Council undertakes a sustainability assessment of the villages and considers if any should be reinstated as Green Belt settlements, Green Belt policy will apply to those villages.
The Local Plan Chapters below show which policies were saved in September 2007 and which were not saved, these chapters will be updated shortly to show which policies have been superseded by the Core Strategy.
NB: The list above should also be referred to when using the Planning Portal to view policies.
To view the Tandridge District Local Plan you have two options:
Use the following list to decide which of the links you wish to use:-
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Rural Environment
Chapter 3 The Built Environment
Chapter 4 The Natural Environment
Chapter 5 The Heritage
Chapter 6 Housing
Chapter 7 Employment
Chapter 8 Shopping
Chapter 9 Movement
Chapter 10 Community Facilities
Chapter 11 Recreation, Sport, Tourism and the Arts
Chapter 12 Other Environmental Issues
Chapter 13 Site Specific Policies
Chapter 14 Resources
Chapter 15 Environmental appraisal
Chapter 16 Monitoring
Appendix 1 - Housing Monitor
Appendix 2 - Minor Highway Improvement Schemes
Appendix 3 - Potential Sites of Nature Conservation Importance
Appendix 4 - Parking Standards
Appendix 5 - Areas of High Archaeological Potential
Local Plan chapters 14-16 and appendices
To buy a copy of the Local Plan:
A printed version of the plan can be obtained for £25 (+£4.00 p&p) or alternatively a CD-ROM version (text and proposals maps) is available for £10. If you choose the CD version it is recommended that PC users use Internet Explorer v 4.0+ or Netscape Navigator v 4.0+. The text and proposals maps are in Acrobat PDF format, the disc also contains Acrobat Reader.
Supplementary Planning Guidance & Supplementary Planning Documents
The Council has produced two Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) notes on Extensions to dwellings in the Green Belt and on Conversion of Buildings in the Green Belt that expand on some of the policies in the Plan. The Council has also adopted Village Design Statements for Lingfield and Woldingham. A Site Brief has been adopted for the Lambs Business Park. Adopted versions of these documents are available on this web site. For current SPG and SPD click here.
Local Plan Replacement
The Government has introduced radical changes to the planning system and is replacing local plans with new Local Development Frameworks (LDF). For more information on the LDF click here.
The Inspector's Report
Objections to the draft plan were heard at a Public Inquiry, held by an independent Inspector in 1999. To read the Inspector's Report please click following link to open the document. Tandridge District Local Plan Inspectors Report
