Brackenwood Pine Tree Lane, Ivy Hatch, SEVENOAKS, TN15 0NJ

conversion of existing residential outbuilding to provide a single dwelling, including access, landscaping and parking

Authority: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Prentis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies

What decided it

The proposal represents re-use of a building of permanent and substantial construction that would not cause harm to the openness of the Green Belt or conflict with its purposes, and therefore does not amount to inappropriate development.

The benefits of providing an additional dwelling, combined with the absence of harm to Green Belt openness and the AONB landscape, outweighed any concerns about intensification of residential use.

Plan policies cited: Policy CP3 of the Tonbridge and Malling Core Strategy

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