®Planning appeal decision
32 Castle Lane, Gravesend, DA12 4TQ
erection of a 3 bedroom detached timber framed dwelling with associated parking, amenity space and landscaping
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pannell G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed new dwelling would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies, including its effects on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land in it
- its effect on the character and appearance of the area
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause significant harm to its openness and character, and the modest benefits of housing delivery do not clearly outweigh this harm to justify very special circumstances.
The benefits of housing delivery and other modest considerations were given moderate or limited weight but did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt and character and appearance of the area.
Framework references: 11, 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy CS02, Policy CS12, Policy CS19
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.