®Planning appeal decision
School Bank Farm Hookwood Road, ORPINGTON, BR6 7NX
the conversion of attached barn (Building E) for use as an extension to the existing residential dwelling (Building D), and change of use of land surrounding Building D from agricultural to residential use to provide a private garden without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref DC/17/00079/FULL1, dated 11 May 2017
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Pattison B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that removing condition 4 would have on the openness and visual amenity of the Green Belt and the rural character of the area
What decided it
The Council failed to demonstrate clear justification for removing permitted development rights, as the appeal site has no exceptional circumstances distinguishing it from other Green Belt dwellings, and the condition therefore fails the tests of reasonableness and necessity in NPPF paragraphs 54 and 56.
Framework references: 54, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy H7, Policy BE1, Policy 49, Policy 51, Policy 37, Policy 77
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