®Planning appeal decision
Valley View,, Wrangling Lane, Luddesdown, Kent, DA13 0XF
Planning appeal 3286550 at Valley View,, Wrangling Lane, Luddesdown, Kent, DA13 0XF (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 September 2022 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
‘Construction of 2no. dormer windows to the front (south-east) elevation, carrying out of hip-to-gable roof extensions to the south- west and north-east elevations and associated alterations to these elevations, enlargement of the existing basement area (and provision of new windows) and existing ground floor terrace on the south-east side of the dwelling together with associated internal alterations to the dwelling.’
- Authority
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- DA13 0XF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- 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 development
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with disproportionate additions to the original building, and the harm to the Green Belt cannot be clearly outweighed by other considerations to establish very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy C13 (GLPFR)Policy CS02 (CS)Policy CS12 (CS)Policy CS19 (CS)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 149
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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