®Planning appeal decision
The Retreat, Northfleet Green Road, Gravesend, DA13 9PN
Planning appeal 3270667 at The Retreat, Northfleet Green Road, Gravesend, DA13 9PN (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 30 November 2021 by Inspector Davis J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
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
- Postcode
- DA13 9PN
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS02Policy C13Policy CS12Policy CS19Policy CS20Policy TC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 199
- Judgments
- Sevenoaks District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment and Dawe [1997] EWHC Admin 1012
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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