®Planning appeal decision
Westwood Lodge, South Ash Road, Ash, Sevenoaks, TN15 7HR
for the construction of a single-storey 3-bedroom holiday-let along with a new access driveway, footpaths, parking spaces, cycle store shed, hedgerows and fencing within the residential curtilage of Westwood Lodge
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jolly J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Metropolitan Green Belt, and if inappropriate development, the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial weight to be given to harm to the openness of the Green Belt from inappropriate development was not clearly outweighed by the economic and social benefits of the holiday-let proposal.
Framework references: 11, 137, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151
Plan policies cited: Sevenoaks District Council Allocations and Development Management Plan 2015
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.