®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed21 February 20233299014
The Retreat Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, WESTERHAM, TN16 3AJ
a replacement dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the appeal development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (2021), including the effect on openness
- If the appeal development is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it
What decided it
The proposal would cause significant harm to the openness of the Green Belt in visual terms through increased scale and height, and this harm by reason of inappropriateness is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances do not exist.
Framework references: 147, 148, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy 49, Policy 52
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