Policy information sourced from the Tandridge District Core Strategy

Location of Development

In order to promote sustainable patterns of travel and in order to make the best use of previously developed land, development will take place within the existing built up areas of the District (the Category 1 settlements listed below) and be located where there is a choice of mode of transport available and where the distance to travel to services is minimised subject to the third paragraph of this policy.

There will be no village expansion by amending the boundaries of either the Larger Rural Settlements or Green Belt Settlements. All the settlement boundaries will be reviewed in the Site Allocations DPD and the accompanying Proposals Map. Development appropriate to the needs of rural communities will be permitted in the Larger Rural Settlements and Green Belt Settlements (the Category 2 settlements listed below) through infilling and on sites allocated for affordable housing. There will be no expansion of Woldingham (also a Category 2 settlement); saved policy BE7 “Woldingham” of the Tandridge District Local Plan 2001 will continue to apply to development within the settlement boundary until this is replaced by a policy in a Development Control DPD.

There will be no change in the Green Belt boundaries, unless it is not possible to find sufficient land within the existing built up areas and other settlements to deliver current and future housing allocations. Such changes will only take place at sustainable locations as set out in Policy CSP2 whilst having regard to the need to prevent built up areas from coalescing. Any changes will be made through a Site Allocations Development Plan Document and the accompanying Proposals Map.

Where there is a requirement to allocate green field sites the preference will be to find a number of sites to disperse the impact of development; the location of such sites will need to take into account existing and proposed infrastructure and service provision.

The targets for the amount of housing to be provided on previously developed land are as follows: