®Planning appeal decision
Tender Meads Fordcombe Road, Fordcombe, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TN3 0RT
Change of use and conversion of existing annexe to dwelling - alterations to 19/02732/FUL
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Miles H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposed development would result in disproportionate additions to the original building and would harm the openness of the Green Belt, and these harms were not clearly outweighed by other considerations including the fallback position of unimplemented permissions.
the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and loss of openness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations including the existence of unimplemented permissions for conversion
Framework references: 148, 149, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy GB7 of the Allocations and Development Management Plan (Adopted February 2015)
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.