®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining Pax Cottage , Stockland Green Road , Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TU
Planning appeal 3300771 at Land Adjoining Pax Cottage , Stockland Green Road , Speldhurst Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3 0TU (Tunbridge Wells Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 August 2023 by Inspector Pattison B, 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 (2021) and any relevant development plan policies.
demolition of existing garages, erection of a single storey dwellinghouse with associated access and landscaping
- Authority
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pattison B
- Postcode
- TN3 0TU
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 (2021) and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the proposed dwelling would be in a suitable location having regard to local policies concerned with housing in rural areas
- The effect of the proposal on ecology and protected species
- If it is inappropriate development, whether harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances needed to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness was not clearly outweighed by other considerations sufficient to demonstrate very special circumstances.
The substantial weight given to Green Belt harm was not clearly outweighed by the limited weight afforded to the fallback position and housing supply contribution, resulting in dismissal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 2Core Policy 4Core Policy 1Core Policy 6Core Policy 14Policy MGB1Policy LBD1Policy EN1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 54Paragraph 80Paragraph 105Paragraph 149Paragraph 152Paragraph 176Paragraph 219
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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