®Planning appeal decision
Little Star House, Star Hill Road, Dunton Green, Kent, TN14 6HA
Planning appeal 3280226 at Little Star House, Star Hill Road, Dunton Green, Kent, TN14 6HA (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 20 September 2022 by Inspector Redford R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
the demolition of outbuildings and replacement with single dwelling and garage with access, parking and replacement of boundary wall with hedge
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Redford R
- Postcode
- TN14 6HA
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 any relevant development plan policies
- the effect it has upon the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to comply with the 50% floorspace increase limit and would harm openness and highway safety, with no very special circumstances to justify it.
The presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) (due to lack of five-year housing land supply) was displaced by the application of Green Belt protection policies, which provide a clear reason for refusal; the modest benefits of the scheme do not clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and highway safety.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2Policy GB4Policy EN1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 147Paragraph 149Paragraph 111
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE 1982
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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