®Planning appeal decision
Perran, Charles Road Badgers Mount, Sevenoaks , Kent, TN14 7BB
Planning appeal 3297714 at Perran, Charles Road Badgers Mount, Sevenoaks , Kent, TN14 7BB (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 28 June 2023 by Inspector Sylvester G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and any relevant development plan policies and guidance.
Creation of an infill plot and erection of a detached dwelling (outline permission with all matters reserved)
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sylvester G
- Postcode
- TN14 7BB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and any relevant development plan policies and guidance
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the 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 proposal
What decided it
The proposed development does not constitute limited infilling within the Sevenoaks SPD definition because the three dwellings do not form a continuous and largely uninterrupted built frontage, and the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
The substantial weight given to harm to the openness of the Green Belt and the inappropriateness of the development was not clearly outweighed by the limited benefits of housing supply contribution and biodiversity enhancements, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LO7 of the Sevenoaks Local Development Framework Core Strategy Development Plan Document (Adopted 2011)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 148Paragraph 11
- Judgments
- Julian Wood v SSCLG & Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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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