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Dismissed12 April 20233290741

67 Beechwood Drive, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0TX

Planning appeal 3290741 at 67 Beechwood Drive, Meopham, Gravesend, DA13 0TX (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 April 2023 by Inspector Kean G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

conversion of detached garage to games room with toilet on ground floor and office room in the upper floor including roof alteration to accommodate the first-floor space

Authority
Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Kean G
Postcode
DA13 0TX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the main dwelling and wider area
  • If inappropriate development, whether the harm due to inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances needed to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal represents disproportionate addition to the original building in terms of volume, height and roof form, constituting inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS02CS19
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 149Paragraph 148

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