®Planning appeal decision
Greenbank, Rhododendron Avenue, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0TU
Planning appeal 3266810 at Greenbank, Rhododendron Avenue, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0TU (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 November 2021 by Inspector Warder S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the conversion and extension of the garage would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
the conversion of garage to form a one bedroom annex with shower, kitchen living and dining spaces and the insertion of a roof window within the roof of the main dwelling
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Warder S
- Postcode
- DA13 0TU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the conversion and extension of the garage would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- the effect of the conversion and extension of the garage on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the conversion and extension of the garage on the character and appearance of the site and its surroundings
- other considerations
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so, whether this would amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the conversion and extension of the garage
What decided it
The conversion and extension would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt with disproportionate additions exceeding policy thresholds, and the limited public benefits did not clearly outweigh the Green Belt harm and harm to character and appearance necessary to establish very special circumstances.
The other considerations did not clearly outweigh the Green Belt harm and harm to character and appearance, and very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy C13Policy CS19Policy CS01Policy CS02
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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