®Planning appeal decision
Hever Stud Farm , Hever Road, Hever, Kent , TN8 7NG
for the provision of two new equine isolation units
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Jolly J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Metropolitan Green Belt (the Green Belt), and if inappropriate development, the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, or any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
- whether there is an essential need for rural worker's accommodation on the site
- biodiversity
What decided it
The cumulative benefits did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt, so very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
the economic, social and animal welfare benefits, even in combination, did not outweigh the substantial harm to the Green Belt sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances
Framework references: 147, 151, 137, 174, 179, 180(a)
Plan policies cited: Policy LT2, Policy L08, Policy EN1, Policy SP11
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.