®Planning appeal decision
Land at Braeside, Roman Villa Road, Darenth, Kent, DA2 7QS
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land for the storage of caravans, plant, machinery, trailers, vehicles, portaloos, gas bottles, building & landscaping equipment & materials, bagged waste materials, the parking of vehicles and the occupation of two touring caravans for human habitation with associated laying of hardstanding, erection of fencing and an enclosure, erection of a timber dry store and the creation of a new access
- Authority
- Dartford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Steen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development comprises inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the intrinsic character and beauty of the landscape
- The effect of the development on highway safety with regard to the access from Roman Villa Road
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that harms openness and conflicts with Green Belt purposes, and the identified harms to highway safety and landscape character are not clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS13, Policy DP22, Policy M13, Policy DP2, Policy DP3, Policy DP4, Policy M16, Policy DP6, Policy M1
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