Mousehole Fishing Lakes, Maidstone Road, Nettlestead, Maidstone, ME18 5HR

Planning appeal 3290769 at Mousehole Fishing Lakes, Maidstone Road, Nettlestead, Maidstone, ME18 5HR (Maidstone 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.

erection of detached annexe as part of existing fishery enterprise

Authority: Maidstone Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Kean G
Postcode: ME18 5HR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the main dwelling and wider area
Whether the proposal would be acceptably sited in an area of high flood risk
If inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, including any functional need for it, so as to amount to very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause material harm to openness and character, with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justify it, and it fails the flood risk exception test for more vulnerable development.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP17Policy DM1Policy DM30Policy DM32Policy DM34
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 137Paragraph 144Paragraph 145Paragraph 149Paragraph 148Paragraph 164

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