®Planning appeal decision
PLOT16 KESTON FRUIT FARM BLACKNESS LANE , KESTON, KENT, BR2 6HR
without planning permission the installation of a wooden gate to the entrance of the field, within the Green Belt, in the approximate position marked with a blue ‘X’ on the attached plan
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Howell M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the erection of a gate constitutes development and, if so, whether it is a breach of planning control given the Article 4 Direction
- Appeal B: whether a material change of use to storage of vehicles, equipment and paraphernalia has occurred, or whether such storage is incidental to an existing agricultural use
What decided it
The Article 4 Direction in place since January 2014 removes permitted development rights for the erection of the gate, requiring planning permission which was not obtained; and the appellant's failure to provide sufficient evidence of the scale and nature of any agricultural use to justify the storage as ancillary to it.
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