The Retreat, Northfleet Green, Gravesend, DA13 9PN

Planning appeal 3300592 at The Retreat, Northfleet Green, Gravesend, DA13 9PN (Gravesham Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 June 2023 by Inspector Dade E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.

construction of an outbuilding

Authority: Gravesham Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Dade E
Postcode: DA13 9PN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
The effects of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
Whether any 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 proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt causing substantial harm to openness, with no very special circumstances to justify approval.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS02Policy CS19Policy C13
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 137Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150

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