Local residents will be interested to know that an appeal by a developer who wished to build 20 flats on the site of West Heath on Rockfield Road has been dismissed.
While clearly the owners of West Heath will be disappointed with the result, I am sure that most of its neighbours will agree with the planning inspector's findings that the proposal was too large to be appropriate to the surrounding area and would adversely impact on quality of life of its immediate neighbours.
This is a good result, with an inappropriate back garden development being prevented form harming the character of Oxted and Hurst Green.
