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Dismissed30 November 20213270667

The Retreat, Northfleet Green Road, GRAVESEND, DA13 9PN

listed building application for the construction of an outbuilding and pavilion in the garden of The Retreat, Hazells Farm. The property is within the listed curtilage of Hazells

Authority
Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Davis J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • Its effect on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the countryside, including on the Instead Arable Farmlands Character Area
  • The effect of the proposal on the setting of 'The Retreat', a curtilage listed building
  • Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations. If so, would this 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 dwelling cumulatively with previous extensions, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm its openness, and no very special circumstances existed to justify this harm.

The substantial weight attached to harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and harm to openness was not outweighed by other considerations, and very special circumstances did not exist.

Framework references: 149, 199

Plan policies cited: Policy CS02, Policy C13, Policy CS12, Policy CS19, Policy CS20, Policy TC2

Judgments cited: Sevenoaks District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and Dawe [1997] EWHC Admin 1012

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