Wildwood, Maidstone Road, Seal, SEVENOAKS, TN15 0EH

Single storey extension to provide home gym and cinema/media room to allow introduction of single storey rear extension to garage / annexe building, first floor side extension to the west, loft conversion with rooflights and alteration to fenestration’ without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 19/03364/HOUSE, dated 8 April 2020

Authority: Sevenoaks District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Simpson L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the condition is reasonable and necessary in the interests of preserving the openness of the Green Belt

What decided it

The removal of permitted development rights under Classes A and E is necessary and reasonable to preserve Green Belt openness, but removal of rights under Classes C and D is neither reasonable nor necessary.

The substantial weight given to harm to the Green Belt under Framework Paragraph 148 justified the retention of a condition restricting permitted development rights under Classes A and E, but not Classes C and D.

Framework references: 148, 149

Plan policies cited: GB1

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