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APP/M2270/W/24/3352114 · 14 Mar 2025 · Tandridge
Planning application
TA/2023/1482
Inspector's reasoning
Against the appeal (5)
Harm to great crested newt habitat not adequately mitigated
Absent a licensed mitigation strategy, I cannot be satisfied the proposal would avoid harm to a protected species.
For the appeal (2)
Other considerations (1)
+ 3 more against the appeal
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For applications dated on or after 1 April 2026, the Planning Inspectorate's new procedural guide means that in most cases no new evidence can be accepted at appeal. The weight now sits on what you know before you submit or defend. Each decision is a ruling on which arguments held up, which policies carried weight, and why. A quick check of the record now is cheaper than awkward questions later.
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