®Planning appeal decision
The Retreat Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AJ
Planning appeal 3299014 at The Retreat Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AJ (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 21 February 2023 by Inspector Nilsson A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
a replacement dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nilsson A
- Postcode
- TN16 3AJ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 49Policy 52
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149
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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