®Planning appeal decision
The Lock Up Garages, Lombard Street, Horton Kirby, DA4 9DF
Planning appeal 3298439 at The Lock Up Garages, Lombard Street, Horton Kirby, DA4 9DF (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2022 by Inspector Naylor R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and any relevant development plan policies.
Demolition of existing garages and erection of two x 3 bed dwellings, together with landscaping and parking
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Naylor R
- Postcode
- DA4 9DF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework 2021 and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the development on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers would be provided
- 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 failure to preserve Green Belt openness, combined with unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers due to noise and poor outlook, could not be clearly outweighed by the identified benefits to amount to very special circumstances.
the moderate benefits of housing delivery and the linked public car park, together with visual and ecological enhancements, did not clearly outweigh the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and the unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1 of the Sevenoaks District Council Local Development Framework Core Strategy Development Plan Document, adopted February 2011Policy EN1 of the Sevenoaks District Council Allocations and Development Management Plan, adopted February 2015Policy EN2 of the Sevenoaks District Council Allocations and Development Management Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 137Paragraph 130Paragraph 185Paragraph 187
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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