Planning appeal decision
Greendale, Queens Farm, Queens Farm Road, Shorne, Gravesend, DA12 3HU
Planning appeal 3279575 at Greendale, Queens Farm, Queens Farm Road, Shorne, Gravesend, DA12 3HU (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 June 2022 by Inspector Courtney T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy.
a summer house/outbuilding
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Courtney T
- Postcode
- DA12 3HU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the NPPF and development plan policy
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Queens Farm Conservation Area
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Higham Arable Farmlands Landscape Character Area
- If the development would be inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The scale and massing of the proposed outbuilding would be disproportionate to the original building and would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt that causes substantial harm to openness and heritage assets, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy C13Policy CS02Policy CS19Policy CS20Policy CS12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 145Paragraph 146Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200
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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