®Planning appeal decision
Land Between Hope Cottage and Dunboyne, Grays Road Westerham Hill, Kent, TN16 2JB
Planning appeal 3271385 at Land Between Hope Cottage and Dunboyne, Grays Road Westerham Hill, Kent, TN16 2JB (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 1 March 2022 by Inspector Douglas L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
two detached private dwellings
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Douglas L
- Postcode
- TN16 2JB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, with specific regard to the North Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- The effect of the proposal on biodiversity
- If the proposal would constitute inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to allow the appeal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm its openness and the landscape of the AONB, and no very special circumstances exist to outweigh these harms despite the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
The Framework's Green Belt and AONB protections provide a clear reason for refusing the development notwithstanding the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply; the harms to the Green Belt and AONB are not outweighed by housing delivery benefits.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 49Policy 69Policy 76
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 176
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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