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Allowed2 November 20213271595

Kent & Surrey Golf Club, Crouch House Road, Edenbridge, TN8 5LQ

Planning appeal 3271595 at Kent & Surrey Golf Club, Crouch House Road, Edenbridge, TN8 5LQ (Sevenoaks District Council) was allowed on 2 November 2021 by Inspector Pipkin R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; and.

replacement of existing golf clubhouse and hotel following demolition of existing to create a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) for the elderly alongside a new golf clubhouse with hotel accommodation containing shared social, managerial and operational space to operate and service the continued golf course use and the CCRC with all matters reserved except for access

Authority
Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Pipkin R
Postcode
TN8 5LQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; and
  • whether the 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 cumulative weight of the housing land supply shortfall, the significant unmet need for specialist extra care housing, and associated wellbeing and economic benefits clearly outweighed the significant Green Belt harm, establishing very special circumstances.

The substantial harm from inappropriateness and the significant loss of openness to the Green Belt was clearly outweighed by the cumulative other considerations (general housing supply, extra care housing need, health and wellbeing, economic and highway benefits), amounting to very special circumstances justifying the development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LO1Policy LO8Policy SP2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 61Paragraph 62Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 148

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